Example sentences of "think [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | London — everyone thinks everyone goes to London . |
2 | And entertainment as fantasy is not acceptable , though I do n't think everyone has to go to the extremes of U2 or Jimmy Somerville , or whoever it is or whatever their politics . |
3 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
4 | Me thinks me hath sharpened up my blade too much ! |
5 | ‘ I hoped you 'd say that — why do you think I brought you here , where we can be alone ? ’ |
6 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |
7 | I do n't think I scare easily , but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend . |
8 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
9 | ‘ I do n't think I met anyone who was having her baby adopted . |
10 | Do you think I make a habit of this sort of thing , is that it ? |
11 | Who said : ‘ I do n't think I take any part in his downfall whatsoever . ’ ? |
12 | The glamour girl said she felt no guilt over Mr Mellor 's resignation and declared : ‘ I do n't think I take any part in his downfall whatsoever . ’ |
13 | ‘ I do n't think I realised quite how kind until they were killed . ’ |
14 | ‘ Then why the hell do you think I keep coming to see you ? ’ |
15 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
16 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
17 | Would my mother now think I 'd suffered enough , I wondered . |
18 | I do n't think I 'd better . |
19 | I remember thinking , ‘ Gosh , I did n't think I 'd left all this out on the floor . |
20 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
21 | ‘ Did you think I 'd kicked the bucket , Ma ? ’ |
22 | I do n't think I 'd ever really looked at him , to be honest . |
23 | Where would they think I 'd gone to ? |
24 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
25 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
26 | I do n't think I 'd ever felt so taxed in my career . |
27 | But I do n't think I 'd better think about that . |
28 | Well erm I actually stopped smoking about er , two years ago and was quite surprised at the amount of weight I put on in about five months , which was two stone , which I did n't think I 'd deserved ! |
29 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
30 | When I heard I 'd got it , I was stunned — I did n't think I 'd got it . |