Example sentences of "think [pron] [noun pl] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , now that I 'm too big for me boots , d' you think me legs 'll sprout ? ’ |
| 2 | But what do you think my parents would think if I were to become involved with you ? |
| 3 | ‘ I have some rather good jewellery ’ ( and it was as if somewhere among her assortment of boxes was a very special one — but there was not — a mysterious Ali Baba store of necklaces , bracelets , rings , even a tiara ) ; ‘ I do n't think my insurers would be very pleased to know that a window was left open at night . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well you do n't think my lads would be out here just for the bloody exercise , do you ? ’ |
| 5 | I wrote to the Health Education Authority telling them that I did n't think their advertisements would affect lifestyles much , if at all . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think her affairs would bear … whats-it ? ’ |
| 7 | I would n't have thought his poems would appeal to her . |
| 8 | As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 10 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 11 | I thought my pants would never dry ! ! |
| 12 | I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric . |
| 13 | Thought my eardrums would burst . ’ |
| 14 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 15 | At school , more than half ( 54pc ) said they had been bullied and 45pc thought their teachers could not cope with the bullies . |
| 16 | Of regular smokers , 71 per cent thought their dads would not disapprove of smoking , compared with 8 per cent of regular smokers who thought he would disapprove . |
| 17 | Slightly more men thought their wives could attend than wives themselves felt they should . |
| 18 | He obviously thought her friends would either be dead , or in the hands of the Gestapo . |
| 19 | If she thought her troubles would be over when and if I caught up with the blackmailer , she was way off . |
| 20 | For a helpless moment she thought her knees might buckle . |
| 21 | The smile had died from his eyes , and he tightened his arms round her so hard that she thought her ribs might crack . |
| 22 | He thought its vibrations would shake the pictures off the walls and the vases off the spindly legged tables they had passed in the hall below . |
| 23 | King George thought his sons should be able to live on their official incomes which he was not prepared to augment so they could indulge their more frivolous pastimes . |
| 24 | Then he thought his eyes must be playing tricks ; a mirage of round-backed whales seemed to be sporting amid the waves of golden grass . |
| 25 | I figure he thought his men would get out of control if it went on any longer . |
| 26 | With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected . |
| 27 | I have just returned from a visit to Bulgaria , and I thought your readers might like to see their spraying equipment . |
| 28 | I thought your readers might be interested in the current JAA Proposed Medical Standards . |
| 29 | I thought your readers might like an update on the Javan rhino conservation controversy ( ‘ How about letting them breed by themselves ’ , July ) . |
| 30 | THOUGHT your readers might like to know that Linfield FC have recruited a new fan in the person of Demi Moore , the wife of Bruce Willis . |