Example sentences of "we think it [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 2 | Domestic consumption fell by 1 per dent ‘ whereas we thought it would be up by 1 per cent ’ said Dicks , and he reaffirmed his belief that ‘ recovery would have to come from domestic consumption ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ At first , we thought it would be too beautiful to use , ’ admitted Peter , ‘ but we accustomed ourselves to its ways . ’ |
| 4 | We both are experienced pilots , and initially , we thought it would be done as a visual flight , with a bit of adventure . |
| 5 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 6 | It is also the year when Jim Bob Morrison will apologetically say : ‘ We 're only doing this because we thought it would be funny … once ! |
| 7 | We thought it would be more sensible to move to the other side of the apartment ; if a shell hit the wall to which we were chained , we would n't stand a chance . |
| 8 | We thought it would be a nice idea . |
| 9 | But the amount of money we received would have been so little that we thought it would be far more useful if instead I could be given a job in one of the innumerable Allied offices that had sprung up everywhere . |
| 10 | We — we asked her , sir , because we thought it would be — be awfully jolly , sir , to have her with us . ’ |
| 11 | We thought it would be a lovely life in the Outside and now it 's all falling to bits ! ’ |
| 12 | We thought it would be a good opportunity for Carol to come along and tell you , as quickly as she can , |
| 13 | But when he said , we thought it would be a good idea , we took a Ali erm , erm mum took Alex over to Craigmiller Park , and we thought it would be a good idea if she just stayed there overnight because if she wa if she 's escaped it by , you know , tomorrow then she should really you know , be safe and , and |
| 14 | But when he said , we thought it would be a good idea , we took a Ali erm , erm mum took Alex over to Craigmiller Park , and we thought it would be a good idea if she just stayed there overnight because if she wa if she 's escaped it by , you know , tomorrow then she should really you know , be safe and , and |
| 15 | We thought it would be a good idea to give them a chance straight off to have an opinion , and we set them a nice problem , which was that they put a marble into something and another marble comes out thirty seconds later . |
| 16 | We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture . |
| 17 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 18 | We thought it might be a good idea to spend an evening aimed at providing some entertainment and some food for thought , not to mention some sustenance of more tangible nature . |
| 19 | We thought it might be a bow wave from a steamer . ’ |
| 20 | At first we thought it might be a straightforward dose of flu , but now we 're not so sure . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We were just passing and we saw your plate on the gate , ’ said the tall elder one , ‘ and we thought it might be a good idea to — well , try you out . ’ |
| 22 | Erm , we thought it 'd appeal to young people and we thought it 'd be great fun , which it was , and we raised er one thousand seven hundred pounds . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , we thought it could be quite fun if we got one or two really interesting new people like yourself to come along and take an entirely fresh look at the subject . |
| 24 | But as soon as we hit with something that was n't what we were about , we always tried to get the band back to what we thought it should be — three guitars and drums played loud by four New York bums . |
| 25 | We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis . |
| 26 | And she said to let her know straight away if we think it might be suitable . |
| 27 | ‘ We think it would be better as a private company , without that pressure ’ , said Mr De Haan , though he said the move did not reflect any disenchantment with the City . |
| 28 | After this fourth successive Tory election victory , we think it would be better if a Labour Speaker had a turn . |
| 29 | We think it would be a mistake to try and establish any ‘ consensual ’ version of feminism or of feminist philosophy because we are committed to exploration of the beliefs and views we hold , even the ones which at present seem indisputable . |
| 30 | The dicta in Reg. v. Director of Serious Fraud Office , Ex parte Saunders are not , of course , binding on us , but they are so closely linked to the ratio that we think it would be wrong to depart from them . |