Example sentences of "think would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor , when he had first seen her , had awakened a creature deep within him that he had thought would sleep for ever — until the day he died . |
| 2 | When satisfied with his progress he gave the products away to any whom the doctors thought would benefit from them . |
| 3 | Such dreams were defeated by the means she 'd first thought would make it possible for her baby to be returned to her . |
| 4 | Peace camps were formed around some of the RAF air bases which it was thought would house the new cruise missiles . |
| 5 | There was a feeling of exhaustion from eight years of wars , which the allies thought would turn the people against Saddam and lead the way to surrender . |
| 6 | I was the last person anyone thought would get pregnant . |
| 7 | As the dance continued , some of them began to snap their limbs about with convulsive movements that Ace would have thought would have dislocated those limbs in an instant . |
| 8 | I mean the one department you would have thought would have been enough . |
| 9 | Because the data , you see , the two lines , I would have thought would have been recorded |
| 10 | But to go to and to go to I would have thought would have taken similar lengths of time . |
| 11 | Er which I do n't think would make the focus for a new settlement proposal . |
| 12 | What do you think would make him notice us ? ’ |
| 13 | There was the master , a man of importance in the town that you 'd think would want a house properly run for himself . |
| 14 | ‘ Now who do you think would want to do that ? ’ |
| 15 | Who , who do you think would want one ? |
| 16 | SERAFIN : ‘ From Greenwich to Westminster ’ — which I should think would involve somewhat similar considerations — ‘ even though it takes longer , even though I ca n't read or watch television to keep myself entertained at the same time , even though it demands a greater expenditure of concentration and nervous energy — and , one might possibly add , physical labour in pushing and pulling the various levers and pedals involved … ’ |
| 17 | It might be a surprise that she did n't think would displease him . |
| 18 | Which do you think would have been most helpful as a basis for an explanation ? |
| 19 | ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him . |
| 20 | Amongst these was a retired headmaster who had his £70,000 life-savings in McDonald Wheeler and who you 'd think would have known better . |
| 21 | What I think the public did not appreciate and I do not think would have appreciated clearly from the consultation leaflet , was quite how big a difference there was between the level of relief afforded by the inner relief roads and the outer relief roads , and in that context , I think that to say that the outer relief roads afford relief of between twenty and thirty percent is a little misleading in two respects . |
| 22 | What do you think would have happened ? |
| 23 | As a parent , what would you like to see happen in the schools , or what sort of schooling would you best think would suit your child 's needs ? |
| 24 | I see some of these big photo-ops , the Berlin Wall , revolution in Prague — I did n't think would come out , but I 'll talk about it — I just see that it 's a manipulation of the press ; photographers all know to stay in one spot so we 're not in each other 's shot . |
| 25 | H plus and C L negative , so what gasses would you think would come off when you pass electricity through it . |
| 26 | ‘ What do you think would happen if Kinsella should lose his job ? |
| 27 | But what else did he think would happen if he played games with the fragile psyche of an adolescent ? |
| 28 | What do you think would happen if the Duke of Sutherland 's paintings , which include four great Titians and the Poussin ‘ Seven Sacraments ’ among other masterpieces , were to come up next month ? |
| 29 | ‘ What do you think would happen if I went there ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What did you think would happen to it ? |