Example sentences of "think [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think I am being cruel . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'm being pessimistic , just realistic about the fact that 's really hard to keep things together , with friends or lovers . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being ridiculous . |
| 5 | And er I do n't think I 'm being too sort of general here if I sort of quote the place of the local preacher or the the person who 's leading our worship . |
| 6 | I hope you do n't think I 'm being enigmatic , by the way . |
| 7 | " Please do n't think I 'm being inquisitive . |
| 8 | But do n't think I 'm being complacent about this . |
| 9 | ‘ You know … please do n't think I 'm being funny ! — maybe Mr Hambro saw the Aurae Phiala ghost . |
| 10 | Do n't think I 'm being bitchy if I say that Stephen probably resents him as much as he admires him . |
| 11 | ‘ You might think I 'm being silly , but I feel he 'll blame Brett for everything that 's gone wrong for him , and come back looking for revenge . ’ |
| 12 | and with hindsight , although , do n't think I 'm being over critical , although you put forward eighty or so estimates for different schemes , with hindsight it 's clearly more prudent and fairer and accurate , more accurate to have a contingency fund is n't it ? , in the , in the budgetary cost |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being terribly personal . |
| 14 | I did n't think I was being very original any longer and I was basically administering . |
| 15 | Sprinting is my living , and I did n't think I was being paid enough to appear in Britain . |
| 16 | It has to be in a jug in case Mother Clare comes in and thinks I 'm being treated like someone normal . |
| 17 | I do n't think she 's being shunned because of her impetigo . |
| 18 | I should think she 's being very ge ge er er , er given her a lot yo yo you know . |
| 19 | He would think she was being totally unreasonable . |
| 20 | ‘ Given the circumstances , do n't you think you are being ridiculously formal ? ’ |
| 21 | Dear Sue : I do n't think you 're being frank . |
| 22 | Dear Richard : I do n't think you 're being frank . |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't think you 're being alarmist , ’ he suggested . |
| 24 | " I really do think you 're being a little rash in this — " Mr Smith began , but Steven interrupted , |
| 25 | ‘ To hear you talk , anyone would think you were being sent to prison ! ’ |
| 26 | If you did n't think you were being blackmailed into bed , were you just looking for a man , any man , to wipe out the memory of Marcus , to prove you 're a normal , beautiful , loving woman — and now you 've proved that , you find you do n't even like the man you chose to be your therapist ? ’ |
| 27 | Does that reassure you on that one , or do you still think you were being asked to do something ? |
| 28 | I had thought I was being paranoid about their obsessive interest in us , but now , finding one of them waiting outside our hotel at half past four in the morning , I was alarmed . |
| 29 | At any other time Phoebe would have thought she was being mocked and taken offence . |
| 30 | Nobody had told her it was to happen ; she had thought she was being brought here to be examined , and then the dentist had put a rubber mask over her face . |