Example sentences of "[adj] you [vb mod] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , but when she sent this you 'd think that maybe she would put in it |
| 2 | If you think about this you can think of a kite as two isosceles triangles glued together . |
| 3 | Somebody , if they were wrong you 'd think they 'd tell you would n't you ? |
| 4 | I accept that it is called the National Water Sports Centre but from the attitude of some you would think angling was not included . |
| 5 | They were afraid you might think from the way we said it that they were behind . |
| 6 | ‘ I was afraid you might think I was not coming back . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 'll think I 'm rambling rather , ’ Pascoe apologized . |
| 8 | ‘ Miss Compton-Burnett , I 'm afraid you may think this is an impertinent question ’ ( I held my breath ) , ‘ but were there elements of that destructive power in your own family ? ’ |
| 9 | If you 'd heard him talk about her when he 'd had a few you 'd think different . |
| 10 | The effect is such you would think a giant mountain range had been flooded and only the peaks are left showing above the waterline . |
| 11 | Impossible you might think , for this to be kept secret — but it was , from all except his doctor , his personal aide , and his wife who , in effect , ran the US government for seven months . |
| 12 | Dishes of dainty ‘ amuse gueule ’ teased us into our first course of whole baby Brittany lobster , seascented and sat upon a diminutive salad of oil-tossed green leaves — simple you might think — splendid simplicity in fact . |
| 13 | Quite simple you might think . |
| 14 | And however tasteless you may think a gift is , it does n't automatically make it useless . |
| 15 | They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen . |
| 16 | I expect Winifred Shalcross was right , however strange you may think it , when she said I was overconscientious . |
| 17 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 18 | Not much new about that you might think , given the traditionally British trait of self-denigration , but the survey also found a further 42pc , or 84 companies , were genuine contenders for that elite gathering . |
| 19 | After that you 'd think that Cov would man-mark Wallace out of the game and throw forward a few players . |
| 20 | The Col d'Osquich is lucky you might think to be called . |
| 21 | ‘ I am sure you would think so . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You 've probably come across his work , ’ Bridget went on , ‘ though I 'm sure you 'd think it was pretentious rubbish . |
| 23 | er whereas if you had said positively that I 'm sure you can think of a number of |
| 24 | So , for all these reasons , and more , which I 'm sure you can think of , it 's very difficult to define exactly how much it goes on and er and what exactly er the abuse involves . |
| 25 | ‘ All you can think about , ’ she cried , ‘ is how to make more money ; how to lay your hands on someone 's holding ; how to get more cattle , more sheep , more of this , that and the other . |
| 26 | War 's been declared and all you can think about , all you can talk about is what you 're going to do if I do n't stop seeing Carrie . ’ |
| 27 | All you can think of is Harry , Harry , Harry . |
| 28 | Right there in the room with the killer , and all you can think of is to show him a good place to slug you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Is it all you can think about … buying land … building your fortune ? ’ |
| 30 | All you can think about is your mistress upstairs . |