Example sentences of "do [not/n't] think i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you do not think me unduly vain with regard to this last matter ; it is just that one never knows when one might be obliged to give out that one is from Darlington Hall , and it is important that one be attired at such times in a manner worthy of one 's position . |
| 2 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 3 | I do not think I knew who Plato was at the time , but I enjoyed hearing Mr Crossman speak , and seeing the other pupils , although they were mostly people thought of in the town as being particularly well-educated already . |
| 4 | But I do not think I have to worry about it — there is , oh there is , there really is , another kind of light between these walls , too luminous for words . |
| 5 | I could be , but I do not think I am . |
| 6 | Another asked for the name of a good travel agent , while a third declared : ‘ I do not think I can bear another five years of Andrew Lloyd Webber ; I 'm off . ’ |
| 7 | In view of the persons who will be present , I do not think I exaggerate . ’ |
| 8 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
| 9 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 10 | ‘ As leader of the Liberal Party , ’ Steel noted in the extract enclosed , ‘ I do not think I will ever be awarded full marks for either party management or pioneering policies … ‘ |
| 11 | I do not think I deserved this sort of treatment . |
| 12 | The case really turned on section 78 , as to which the judge had said ‘ whilst accepting the impressive evidence of the doctor , I do not think I would be justified in excluding this confession , ’ adding ‘ I do not think that section 78 really is aimed at , in truth , the circumstances here appertaining . ’ |
| 13 | I do not think I can give the petitioner superior rights . |
| 14 | After his signature , he added : ‘ P.S. Do not think I stole the plate , linen , etc. from you . |
| 15 | I do not think I have the strength . |
| 16 | I do not think I need say anything about what is known as the three-mile limit . |
| 17 | If I had not had the support of Project 81 members , the head of care at Le Court and other friends , I do not think I could have survived . |
| 18 | Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . |
| 19 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
| 20 | Let us pretend that it is only that Grainne is too far above me , and let us continue the pretence , for I do not think I can bear it any other way . |
| 21 | I do not think I can bear this , thought Grainne , but even as the thought was framed , she knew that for someone it had had to be borne , there had been no escaping it , this bottomless dark pit , this vast endless night sea … |
| 22 | I do not think I can do any more . |
| 23 | And I do not think I 'll make it to inspector ( to inspector ) |
| 24 | When asked by a pompous college dean , ‘ My good man , I do not think I know you ? |
| 25 | I made few friends , but once I adapted to this life I do not think I was particularly unhappy . |
| 26 | ‘ I really do not think I could manage my affairs without her assistance . ’ |
| 27 | I do not think I am being cruel . |
| 28 | I do not think I would be out of order in recalling a private conversation with the Secretary of State for Transport about a year ago on this subject . |
| 29 | ‘ Effendi , ’ he whispered , ‘ I — I do not think I should say . ’ |
| 30 | She began to climb the staircase , but I stopped her , saying : ‘ Miss Kenton , please do n't think me unduly improper in not ascending to see my father in his deceased condition just at this moment . |