Example sentences of "a [noun] i think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 2 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 3 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 4 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 5 | And he had a dangerous driving or a speeding I think it is |
| 6 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 7 | Yeah so it 's absolutely clear even if it 's a precis I think it 'll be |
| 8 | Because I think you find that when you go all time , when you come to go into a salon I think you find you 're slower , do you know what I mean , because you 're not used |
| 9 | Run it without a tape I think it is to get the test signal . |
| 10 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 11 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 12 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 13 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 14 | For a second I think she must have gone mad , then she makes a really loud rude-noise with her lips , winks at me , points at the Monster and laughs . |
| 15 | My Adam 's apple swells in my throat , and for a second I think I 'm going to join her in tears . |
| 16 | I mean it 's a dwelling I think it 's fine they 're very nice , so I understand . |
| 17 | With the enthusiasm of a boy I thought I had stumbled across one of the great masterpieces of English writing . |
| 18 | That 's a point I think I 'll or |
| 19 | A query I think she had a query lump on her breast or something , er lump or something . |
| 20 | For a moment I thought they were terrorists , but I was wrong , they were Political Branch operatives . |
| 21 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
| 22 | Forget it , I said , For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook . |
| 23 | For a moment I thought he was joking . |
| 24 | For a moment I thought he was about to dare to let himself like me , but the wife was watching , alas . |
| 25 | For a moment I thought he was about to apologize , but he did n't . |
| 26 | ‘ For a moment I thought he was going to kill me . |
| 27 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 28 | For a moment I thought he was going to stand there facing it , daring it to stop . |
| 29 | For a moment I thought he 'd flipped and reckoned he was Napoleon , when it clicked he was talking about Jo . |
| 30 | Lisabeth asked and for a moment I thought he was going to slam the door on us . |