Example sentences of "think i [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I might feel a bit sick now . |
| 2 | I think I might consider a medical career when I grow up . |
| 3 | Then I think I might grab an early night … ’ |
| 4 | Er , er sorry , I think I might have the wrong number . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ said Amiss , ‘ I think I might become a popular pet of the young . |
| 6 | I have bought Practical PC since it first came out in an attempt to help with the strange world of computers and from reading it I think I might need a 286 or 386 PC — but how can I be sure and I still have n't the foggiest idea what most of the terminology means . |
| 7 | Yes , I think I might get a new pair of secateurs . |
| 8 | Faced with the absurdity of British public life , I sometimes think I ought to do the same , turning this space into a museum of grotesque items displayed without comment . |
| 9 | I think I ought to keep the house clean , but I do n't do it for my husband — because quite honestly he does n't notice whether it 's clean or not . |
| 10 | I think I would make a lovely doggie model . |
| 11 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 12 | But I think I would pay the extra and that and have a choice next time . |
| 13 | He has educated me in the best sense of the word and I have trusted him as I think I would trust no one else of my own sex . |
| 14 | Alan and I served er , together as er , deputy Chairs , or vice-Chairs or whatever the appropriate words are for several years er , and I erm , well I think I would adopt the words that he used about the experience that he has had in the Chair , to whit , that his companionship and his contribution to our affairs has been stimulating , enlightening and particularly enjoyable . |
| 15 | If forced to be more exact , I think I would put the figure a little closer to 20 per cent than 30 per cent . |
| 16 | ‘ I think I shall become a better artist with her , ’ he rationalised , ‘ than if I had married Kee . ’ |
| 17 | I think I shall take a vow of perpetual chastity . ’ |
| 18 | People on our needs register are not swimming in cash , they 're not people who think I shall have a cushy number here , I 'll go and get myself housed by the local authority . |
| 19 | But I think I shall have a quiet word with him tomorrow morning when I get to work . |
| 20 | ‘ If you do n't mind , I think I 'll hire a car . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I 'll stay a while , ’ I smiled . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , then , I think I 'll stay a little longer . |
| 23 | With the mortgage payments in mind , I think I 'll give the Alps one more chance . |
| 24 | " I 'll be back before dinner , but I think I 'll give the village concert a miss . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 'll give the chess a miss if it 's all the same to you , Pete . |
| 26 | When he put the phone down he said to Dowd : ‘ I think I 'll wear the herringbone suit tomorrow . |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 'll blow a quid on the Eight Ball Deluxe . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I think I 'll break a self-imposed regulation and have a scotch myself , ’ Talbot said . |
| 29 | And er again , when we get to year fifteen , I get one or two clients who say to me well actually the Norwich have just sent me a bonus record through and I 've actually got nine thousand in the pot already , I think I 'll pay the mortgage off . |
| 30 | ‘ But I think I 'll miss the couture shows in July . ’ |