Example sentences of "[prep] think [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there is a school of thought that |
| 2 | a non arbitr , well let's use their language , objective criteria on which it 's judge application to the membership , erm , and I 'm only , I 'm only imagining this , but I 'm , but as a matter of common sense one would of thought that one would n't like subjective or arbitrary and er indeed unknown criteria to apply erm , as , as in my point of view , as a matter of fairness , but er my question is and it was before and I , I 'm not sure I hoist in your answer , where , where does that fit in to article eighty five ? , |
| 3 | Er a and therefore , I would of thought that was a everyone but I 'm just wondering why it is that now what of Wales ? |
| 4 | Yeah , just erm , that was fine , fingering here , erm , why do you put a , put a four on that , I , I would of thought that , that is more sensible , you put into the next note down , let's try that , er mm |
| 5 | Yeah , yeah , well he must of thought that |
| 6 | I did n't think Sarah did n't go to the ol lo oh had oh I would n't of thought that was a pair , |
| 7 | Well I would of , I would of thought that , I mean if your gon na take something out that that 's sort of size all well and good , but I mean it wo n't even dispense will it ? |
| 8 | Well I , I , I mean I would n't of thought that |
| 9 | mm , I 'd of thought that |
| 10 | It was a dirty trick to put it into to poor Mary Lou 's desk said Jean , she ca n't help being scared of things I suppose , she almost jumped out of her skin when she saw it , I should of thought any joker in our form would of been decent enough to popped it into say Alicia 's desk , not if it happened to be Alicia who popped it in said a sly voice , you do so love playing tricks do n't you Alicia ? |
| 11 | Oh me , I would of thought more and more people would fly rather rather than perhaps the business men are n't , looking over the old New Jersey , or New Walkie something like that , a veteran . |
| 12 | The artistic approach involves a more intuitive , creative way of thinking that is not always entirely logical , is found more often in the ladies ’ approach and comes with experience . |
| 13 | This unfortunate way of thinking that theory is purely speculative leads to a division , not only between the concept of theory and fact , but also between what are called ‘ theorists ’ and what are sometimes called ‘ empiricists ’ , or even simply field workers . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , On Time is definitely worth reading seriously , because it may indicate a way of thinking that does not totally exclude the question of meaning , not only from the studies of phenomena of the kind discussed here , but also from all sorts of other studies , in such diverse fields as biology , psychology , and human relationships . |
| 15 | Their importance will undoubtedly be misjudged however if we persist in the error of thinking that perceptual judgements , or those about consciousness , involve the replication of another 's inner experience , human or non-human . |
| 16 | When a placement does run into problems , Catherine Macaskill ( 1985b ) has warned us of the dangers of thinking that adoption will solve the problems : |
| 17 | It is in fact a movement : a coming together of teachers whose common conviction it is that teaching up to now has been conducted in far too random and amateurish a fashion , based at best on a kind of inspired guesswork , and that it ought to be possible by putting our minds to it , and applying the sort of thinking that is successful in other fields , to do a better job than before . |
| 18 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 19 | So er I hope what this er series of interviews will er serve to prove , is both the quality of thinking that 's going on about public services , and our very strong commitment to the customers and citizens we serve . |
| 20 | These theories have continued to exert an influence , because the very ideology and conceptual map of social work is so steeped in ideas and systems of thinking that might loosely be called psychodynamic . |
| 21 | On the other hand , I might be able to demonstrate , even inculcate , ways of thinking that will enable them to take on new topics much more quickly . |
| 22 | It is a way of thinking that is predominant in social research and to a considerable extent in social theory , too . |
| 23 | fall into the trap of thinking that . |
| 24 | The scale and tone of the little treatise on mixed life does not allow for the complex work and breadth of thinking such definitions would entail . |
| 25 | Do n't be fooled into thinking that familiarity will lead to acceptance — it does not work like that . |
| 26 | Birds nesting close to artificial light are conned into thinking that night is actually day . |
| 27 | General Patton used to send his radio messages using Mohawk speakers at either end to confuse the Germans into thinking that Mohawk was a new code . |
| 28 | I would not want to mislead anyone into thinking that research is easy : it is hard and very time consuming work . |
| 29 | ‘ I was conned into thinking that way . |
| 30 | However … do n't be fooled into thinking any of this means there is less passion on Teesside . |