Example sentences of "but i think [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we hurried now beneath the gas lamps , in and out of the dark patches where the light did not reach , I wanted to cry , ‘ But I thought her safe in Scotland ! ’ |
| 2 | Not that I will be changing anything in the immediate area of the shelf at the base of which the bait lies , but I thought it better to give the carp a profound liking for the swim before even one stalk of rush or one lily pad was removed . |
| 3 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 4 | I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in . |
| 5 | I wanted to trail her back home but I thought it best not to go to too fast |
| 6 | In an economic upturn that may change , of course , but I think they all get jobs of some sort , and I would have hoped that a chemistry degree , a good training in chemistry , would in fact also train people to think in such a way that they could apply it to a lot of other areas . |
| 7 | MainMan was more about Tony than it was about David although David and Tony worked extremely well together as a team , but I think they each had individual goals they wanted to accomplish . |
| 8 | We enjoyed ourselves , but I think we all knew this might be our last time together . |
| 9 | We had to believe the photographs which appeared in the newspapers , but I think we all asked ourselves how such things could be in a so-called civilised world . |
| 10 | I was to perform two of Joyce 's pieces , the first being ‘ Committee ’ , a deadly accurate re-creation of a Northern Ladies Choral Committee meeting convened to axe one of its founder members : ‘ Now , we do n't want any unpleasantness , friendly is what we are and friendly is how we mean to go on … but I think we all know there is one voice in the altos that did not ought to be there . |
| 11 | But I think we all know what they mean . |
| 12 | ‘ But I think we both know that there 's little likelihood of that . |
| 13 | I suppose we could have pushed ourselves and got these things , but I think we both knew that erm if we did , we 'd probably have to sell them halfway through paying for them . |
| 14 | But I think my favourite quality was again the pearly translucence of the fibres , while mixing and laying on glazes . |
| 15 | ‘ He is a nice , intelligent guy but I think his public image reflects only what he wants known about himself . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh no , not you , Sir John , nor Lady Beatrice , but I think you both had your suspicions . ’ |
| 17 | It might be ( and indeed I think it would be ) an improvement in our law , if a release or acquittance of the whole debt , on payment of any sum which the creditor might be content to receive by way of accord and satisfaction ( though less than the whole ) , were held to be , generally , binding , though not under seal ; nor should I be unwilling to see equal force given to a prospective agreement , like the present , in writing though not under seal ; but I think it impossible , without refinements which practically alter the sense of the word , to treat such a release or acquittance as supported by any new consideration proceeding from the debtor . |
| 18 | Since these forms of compulsion are not directly relevant for present purposes , it is unnecessary to elaborate them ; but I think it pertinent to observe that the concept of duress has in recent years been expanded to embrace economic duress . |
| 19 | Maybe this look is dead cool in Belgium , but I think it unlikely . |
| 20 | Shooting can be effective and sporting too , but I think it vital that everyone who shoots in these situations should be a very capable gun and able to kill a very large proportion of what he fires at . |
| 21 | This question only arises if I am wrong on the main point of principle , but I think it proper to consider it nonetheless . |