Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] to think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll have to think it over , ’ Fosdyke said . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd hate to think we passed on by if the beast is suffering . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd hate to think I was going stale . ’ |
| 4 | cos I 'd hate to think she was n't having that little flutter |
| 5 | ‘ You would n't be threatening me with Chinese whispers , would you , Miss Swift ? ’ he said softly , steel edging his voice , ‘ I 'd hate to think you were a scandalmonger . |
| 6 | I 'd hate to think it was because of what happened at the convent . |
| 7 | We had hundreds of er identity cards and ration books , all of which are on display in the library , coupled with some extraordinary things ; er a wedding dress made out of a parachute , and an empty incendiary bomb — I stress empty , I 'd hate to think it went off in the library . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've got two dogs of our own , and I 'd like to think we 're responsible owners who clean up after our dogs . |
| 9 | Julian : ‘ I 'd like to think we can get successful being the way we are , a gay man , a Welsh man and a Jewish man with no f—ing pretensions — our music is more interesting than other bands and we 're interesting people as well . |
| 10 | McGiven said : ‘ I 'd like to think we 've improved since then , but on his day Le Tissier is virtually unplayable and able to create anything at any time . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd like to think we can have half a shandy together , someday . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like to think that our audience here came out because of the last gig , because that caused a real stir here and I 'd like to think they were here because they 'd heard it was special . |
| 13 | Whether any of them was tripped up by his own snare or not I do n't know , but I 'd like to think they did go sprawling head first . |
| 14 | But if that was the case and doctors told me I would have to stop drinking , I 'd like to think I 'd be brave enough to drink myself into the grave . |
| 15 | ‘ If I come through that without any reaction I 'd like to think I 'll be in the frame for the return leg with Stuttgart . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd like to think I can call you at home if there 's something I need . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd like to think I 'll get better . |
| 18 | Perhaps it was n't very subtle , but I 'd like to think it was funny . |
| 19 | It is a novelty record in some respects , although I 'd like to think it 's a lot deeper than that too . |
| 20 | So that 's an important point and one which is not in Freud 's book although I 'd like to think it would have been , had he written it much later on when , when group erm therapy had become very fashionable . |
| 21 | I 'd like to think it was my body they were after , but I suspect they just wanted to destroy the shirt . |
| 22 | If it comes down to that , I would need to think it over . |
| 23 | I , I would like to think they 'd been supported the same as the boxing club , but after all the boxing club is for youths , and I think they 've got to look after the youths erm , try and find something for them to do , as much as erm , community |
| 24 | so at their half term , February half term I would like to think they 've got those four things on , we 've got |
| 25 | Scheibe is a wheel or disc and bücken is the transitive verb for ‘ to bend ’ so I would like to think it meant ‘ wheel-buckler ’ though I greatly doubt it . |
| 26 | ‘ I would like to think it 's a bit like Disney — it keeps going without its creator . ’ |
| 27 | They do n't tell you why you are given honours but I would like to think it was because of Minder . |
| 28 | I would like to think it 's because we have shown our ability to spend the money well in previous years . ’ |
| 29 | I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention |
| 30 | I would like to think I am just an ordinary person . |