Example sentences of "think it would [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who would ever have thought it would end like this ? ’ |
| 2 | You 'd have thought it would occur to them to make it fire-proof , as well . |
| 3 | Who would have thought it would come to this ? |
| 4 | In his wildest nightmares he had never thought it would come to this . |
| 5 | Sometimes , it thought it would choke under the oppressive weight of fact . |
| 6 | I thought it would go with her hair . |
| 7 | Indeed one of the main arguments against the televising of Parliament was that it would damage the way the House works , although some thought it would change for the better . |
| 8 | The reorganization was recommended by an engineer in the pages of a leading Petrograd journal , since he thought it would lead to the dissemination of experts . |
| 9 | with like a navy stripe and erm an anchor on each side , it 's quite nice cos she 's got , I thought it would do for her holidays |
| 10 | Molly thought it would do in the morning , and then she said , ‘ Was it Mr Kettering who left the dog with you ? ’ |
| 11 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 12 | I never thought it would 'appen to one of me own children , the youngest too , what I was always most fond of . ’ |
| 13 | Some were very angry , they thought it would last for ever ; yes a bit down in the dumps , especially the younger people , some old people looked forward to it . |
| 14 | Rosemary Burns never thought it would happen to her . |
| 15 | ‘ Never thought it would happen to me ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You always read about others getting these awards , but I never thought it would happen to me . ’ |
| 17 | I never thought it would happen to me ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I never thought it would happen to me , but I have been left quite a large sum in a will . |
| 19 | Everyone they knew was so amazed — ‘ I never thought it would happen to you ! ’ |
| 20 | It was one of the best days of my life : I never thought it would come to that . |
| 21 | Who ever thought it would come to this ? |
| 22 | I never thought it would work like this : having been a small child in the 50s when women dressed more or less identically and according to their age and class ( gymslip , good suit , housecoat , then cardigan and pinny ) , I used to think that it was beautifully liberating in the 60s and 70s when convention began to permit a woman of any age to dress in virtually any style , from hooker to schoolmarm . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought it would help with his education , ’ she said in court . |
| 24 | Those who thought it would fall to pieces within 5000 miles were confounded , even if those who hoped it would sail the test with BMW-like dependability could hardly crow about its reliability record . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't think it would matter to you any more than it did before . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’ |
| 27 | Like Ulysses , I had , by my standards then , made un beau voyage , but I did not think it would result in my being content to stay at home thereafter . |
| 28 | ‘ But actually , no , I do n't think it would go with my personality . ’ |
| 29 | They hope to sell the house as soon as possible but did not think it would go to a Vic Reeves fan . |
| 30 | You 're too big now , more 's the pity — and , in any case , I do n't think it would answer at the moment . ’ |