Example sentences of "[vb mod] think [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When told by them that the sales of budgerigar seed were disastrous and the market might easily disappear within a few years , Mrs Franklin came back with what you may think was a simple answer — but it was profound in terms of changing British public opinion — she said , " Breed your own consumers . " |
| 2 | in Brazil the archbishop now in his late eighties I should think was renowned everywhere said that there 's a quote here from him on the Traidcraft leaflet . |
| 3 | I mean my application essentially I should think was one of the simplest |
| 4 | ‘ Parliament has deprived the courts of any power of detention of a person of this age or what many people might think was any effective punishment for that grave crime . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Nothing , ’ he said , ‘ you might think was a hand unless it is still your distress . |
| 6 | Did they have any erm raids that were that you 'd think were directed towards the airport at all , were there any incidents of this kind ? |
| 7 | Eva was only two then , and all I could think was that he 'd stolen my little girl . |
| 8 | At the time all I could think was , three days — anyone can put up with anything for three days . |
| 9 | All I could think was , stop the world ; I thought he was going to blow the Championship . |
| 10 | All I could think was that he did n't look like Robert Redford . |
| 11 | Cheeks smeared by tears and mascara , she was helping him to stand and all he could think was How can she still have mascara after where she 's been ? |
| 12 | But all I could think was , would we be allowed to film him ? |
| 13 | Besides , she could n't think of one ; all she could think was that he did n't look like a Leo . |
| 14 | That he had to pass fairly close to her made Jenna 's heart beat alarmingly and all she could think was that she wished she had phoned and spared herself this . |
| 15 | All she could think was , I love you ! |
| 16 | If she was seriously letting herself fall for this man 's serpentine charm , then all she could think was that the glandular fever had affected her brain cells as well as her blood cells . |
| 17 | The idea was for them to place special devices at these loci -devices that the regular maintenance crews would think were innocuous parts of the complex of delicate wiring . |
| 18 | Sunday trading , for example , is something that one would think was a national matter with the subsidiarity rule applying . |