Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] think this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsurprisingly , the Divisional Court did not think this was enough . |
| 2 | ‘ I am surprised the judge did not think this matter a great deal more serious than the sentence appears to suggest . ’ |
| 3 | Probably he did not think this likely to happen . |
| 4 | Even Cassie , used now to the small eccentricities of her home , did not think this likely . |
| 5 | Rain did not think this was enough to suggest the brothers went to look for her and said so . |
| 6 | Rain did not think this necessary but dispatched Rosie on the errand . |
| 7 | I did not think this fellow would survive very long , he was what I call one of my " oncers " . |
| 8 | I do not think this difficulty is insuperable , particularly if one accepts that a single gene mutation could have a large effect in fitting an organism to a new environment . |
| 9 | Without the frequent and often detailed accounts in the Henley Standard — especially in the early , interesting years — I do not think this book could have been produced . |
| 10 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 11 | I do not think this reversal did much to uphold the seriousness or credibility of the sporting authorities ; it did , however , solve certain in-house problems and — until Monza — lower the temperature in the great debate about Ferrari ‘ influence ’ . |
| 12 | The tribunal chairman said : ‘ Her privacy was invaded , but she does model and I do not think this was a very high level of injured feelings . |
| 13 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 14 | But as I have said earlier , I do not think this necessarily precludes a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand where it is necessary to explain to the driver his right to claim a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) and what the exercise of that right involves and , on the other hand , where the driver is obliged , subject to any rights of objection , to provide the specimen the constable requires . |
| 15 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |
| 16 | Mr Sproat was not , he insisted , against the scheme from any reasons of philistinism , ‘ but I do not think this is the best way to encourage authors . |
| 17 | WILLIAMS : Do not think this a sudden resolution . |
| 18 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |
| 19 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 20 | We do not think this is excessive since Pollack & Pickett report that human listeners sometimes require 140 csecs of conversational speech before reaching high accuracy . |
| 21 | He did n't think this world would last for ever and if he wanted to leave he should leave . |
| 22 | I explained at length that I did n't think this was such a good idea . |
| 23 | We did n't think this could be true , somehow , and then one of my friends whose sense of humour was decidedly quirky , asked it to tap out in tens the age at which I was going to die . |
| 24 | Miss Thorne did n't think this was too good an idea but time was precious , so she agreed . |
| 25 | Somehow , I did n't think this Doctor was a tortoise . ’ |
| 26 | And , if I did n't think this bastard who 's making so fucking free with my dad 's house would follow me there , I 'd jump right back in this minute ! ’ |
| 27 | After recording a verdict of accidental death coroner Nicholas Gardiner said it was known that the seats should have been rear facing but he did n't think this would have affected the outcome . |
| 28 | I did n't think this game took so long |
| 29 | I do n't think this means that there is no saying what he is getting at in these works ; opinions can and will be formed , and for the extent of the present discussion I have been attempting to express one . |
| 30 | I do n't think this is the moment to go slamming the door ’ . |