Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [pron] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You said just now — if it could happen like that with us , why should I think it could n't happen between you and somebody else ? |
| 2 | Okay I think we 'll as I thought we could actually start the discussion |
| 3 | I thought they could n't join them . |
| 4 | Sometimes I thought they could actually see these people , as they talked . |
| 5 | Just when I thought it could n't get any better the Turkish police steamed in a chinned Big Nose and Bryan ‘ As I say ’ Knobson . |
| 6 | I thought you could probably take both . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you could n't stand them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you could n't stand him . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I thought you could n't look after yourself , you see … ’ |
| 10 | I thought you could still cuddle . |
| 11 | so and I thought I could just leave him sort of like a message that was subtle enough |
| 12 | ‘ Initially I thought I could just pack up my son and bring him here , ’ she says . |
| 13 | I had intended to go to Downing Street , but then I thought I could n't bear it if old Chamberlain came out waving a bit of paper and smiling his death 's head smile , so I just lay down in the park instead . |
| 14 | A few moments later he had regained control , but it was clear that he was still dreadfully upset when he revealed , ‘ Yesterday — everything seemed to bubble up inside me and , and I thought — I thought I could n't cope any more with a relationship that was n't a … with loving someone who I knew loved me but who was , because of her upbringing , her beliefs , her parents , convention — fear of scandal — propriety — you name it , I went through the lot yesterday . ’ |
| 15 | I thought I could n't talk proper . |
| 16 | I thought I could n't find them last week . |
| 17 | At first I thought I could not have children because of my age . |
| 18 | When I think of my previous existence — of all I thought I could reasonably expect of the rest of my life , an allowed place at the extreme corner of someone 's drawing-room carpet , a Servant 's garret or no better , I give thanks for every little thing , which is unspeakably dear to me . |
| 19 | I thought I could best do this at the Foreign Office , since in the aftermath of Suez so many dangerous tangles remained to be unravelled and so many ruptured friendships to be mended . |
| 20 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 21 | The sound rang in my ears long after he had fallen asleep : when Richard sat beside me as I lay on our bed , I thought I could still hear him through the wall . |
| 22 | And , as I grew more frustrated at not getting the screenplays into production , and I saw Q bring his book out , I thought I could maybe do what Selvon did , but in our time . |
| 23 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 24 | But , erm I think they could instead have an electric fox , if there 's such a thing ? |
| 25 | And I 've said that the maximum that I think we could reasonably cope with would be five . |
| 26 | I think we could both do with a luxury evening with good food , soft lights and a tranquil background . |
| 27 | I think we could probably find plenty of them . |
| 28 | I think we could all do what Andrew 's suggesting quite easily er I could do it for Geography , erm , I just think it 's making a lot of extra work . |
| 29 | Looking back I think she could hardly have lived anywhere more suited to the containment of her difficulty . |
| 30 | If it picked up , if he finds what I think he could probably find us I mean he knows precisely what we want and |