Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 How do I think others would describe me ?
2 I thought women were always supposed to know .
3 I thought women could be hired for those services . ’
4 I thought vets were supposed to be on twenty-four-hour call . ’
5 I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated .
6 I thought things were hotting up a bit there . ’
7 ‘ It 's really strange , ’ he muses , ‘ I thought things would have died down by now , because I did the music such a long time ago .
8 My aunt has told me they still admitted quite a number of patients in that condition in her day , but I thought things had changed . ’
9 ‘ I knew there were problems , ’ he said , ‘ but I thought things were beginning to look up ? ’
10 But back then … well , I thought things just happened — you know the saying , Mei fa tzu , it 's fate .
11 I thought things had changed in Sweden when I was able to use the same team in successive games for the first time in six years .
12 I ca n't believe it , you see I thought things were still as they were .
13 I thought things were going to get pretty heavy for a while , but they never did escalate the way I thought they might .
14 Arriving in Kiev , where Russian rather than Ukrainian is still the first language for most people , I thought things would be different .
15 I thought terns liked coasts and estuaries , not the middle of cities ? ’
16 I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene .
17 I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene .
18 When Leeds sold him I thought bollocks , that 's that then .
19 thought it could be so easy to put me thoughts on a piece of paper could help me so much I think that 's what I thought patterns structured
20 I thought Windows would allow printing to be carried out as a full background job , but I experience quite long delays while Word and Excel send their output to the Print Manager .
21 That was the strict reason I did it , because I had n't bothered before — I thought debates were boring .
22 ‘ I liked some of them very much indeed , ’ Matilda said , ‘ but I thought others were fairly dull . ’
23 The date was first fixed as the 13th July , in International Eisteddfod week , as I thought members might like to take a look at the eisteddfod after a ride on the train .
24 I thought priests were n't supposed to divorce ? ’
25 Now I love eggs but I thought eggs
26 I thought actors hated inactivity . ’
27 ‘ But I thought Indians were always terribly keen on education for their children ? ’
28 I thought teachers did n't go drinking in pubs . ’
29 I 've been interested at the strength of comments made to be on similar lines by people I thought out-and-out-royalists .
30 I thought companies were ensuring that you would n't take that on , that stress .
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