Example sentences of "[noun sg] you might think " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she is an educated girl you might think there would be careers open to her but only three are available — teacher , doctor or nurse ( although even nursing is disapproved of ) . |
| 2 | In this age of the telephone you might think it 's never been easier to talk to someone who 's not nearby . |
| 3 | WITH A NAME like Hamid Dastmalchi you might think the new world poker champion is a Middle Easterner — maybe an Iranian like Mansour Matloubi , the Cardiff-based player who won the title two years ago . |
| 4 | It could have turned the other way ; in case you might think this was a simple transaction — it was not . |
| 5 | From the planet 's surface you might think there is an eastward force , but there is n't , and if you were not rotating with the planet then this would be obvious . |
| 6 | Erm , was , or so his critics said , that er his theory just would not work and the kind of argument that they produced against him , and poor old Darwin really did n't have an answer to this , and i it seemed a very very severe problem at the time was look , supposing that er I 'm a mutant you might think . |
| 7 | Pretty conclusive evidence you might think , but the Sharmas would not give up . |
| 8 | When you if if you think about a country of song you might think of Wales , but anybody visiting Ireland will know that it 's really Ireland 's got to be a country of song because if you go there you 've got to sing . |
| 9 | Hardly a candidate for success you might think but you would be wrong to the tune of £120m because that 's how much it took at the US box-office . |
| 10 | Okay , so er what have we got there erm use supports use of support yeah material another thing you might think about is time . |
| 11 | Not much new to be said about Richard Strauss 's Elektra at this date you might think , but you would be wrong . |
| 12 | And Lincoln was criticized , attacked for this , that er and he said in response to this the attention of the country has been called to the proposition that one who is sworn as the constitution says to take care that the laws be faithfully executed should himself not violate those laws a fairly reasonable proposition you might think , if your oath says to uphold the law then you start going round breaking the law er something wrong here somewhere methinks . |
| 13 | A. ( touching her face ) Because if someone 's black , if you touch them in the face you might think your face might get black . |