Example sentences of "to think [that] you [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Yes I think it 's perhaps worth making the point erm to Rosemary that although , as you say , i it 's six feet high , that it does n't spread all that wide and it 's , it 's a mistake in a small garden to think that you ca n't have things that are on the tall side .
2 Erm so if you 're getting another job obviously , you 've got to think that you may not need as much income , er if you 're taking the early retirement well obviously you may be more income dependent , and do a personal budget , going back to that pro forma , if you spend a bit of time doing a budget , you will find it beneficial .
3 I ca n't bear to think that you 'd see it as a betrayal .
4 ‘ I used to think that you should always be yourself but now I like to be made up , smile and look like a woman should , ’ preens Fay .
5 We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending .
6 ‘ When I was a child , ’ she said , ‘ I used to think that you could look into anybody 's eyes , anybody 's , and see through them right into their soul .
7 To think that you could bring about a utopia , and perfect human nature in one way or another , is really a wildly er , optimistic and er , is in itself , er , some kind of illusion .
8 To Greeves , the orthodox believer , he wrote in January 1930 , ‘ In spite of all my recent changes of view I am still inclined to think that you can only get what you call Christ out of the Gospels by picking and choosing and slurring over a good deal . ’
9 They seem to think that you can ask a businessman what his requirements are and get an answer that amounts to a draft system specification .
10 It is quite unrealistic to think that you can spend every waking moment working , but it is equally unrealistic to have hobbies and interests which fill every evening and the weekend and for you to expect to pass the course .
11 Anxiety for example , is something that human beings will always experience , and to think that you can free them from anxiety in some future utopia , or go back to some ordered erm , ideal state in the past , where everyone was so secure , that they would never feel anxiety , is just a myth according to Freud .
12 Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it
13 It 's certainly exciting for us to think that you will soon be with us more permanently .
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