Example sentences of "and [pers pn] think i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 2 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 3 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I pulled at it , jiggled it , checked the zero twice and I think I would have oiled the scales if I 'd had oil with me . |
| 5 | And I think I would recommend that , that we support that line . |
| 6 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 7 | Jean has n't much time — and I think I might do it quite well . ’ |
| 8 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 9 | Generally , however , I am just looking forward to another good season — and I think I 'll make it because I have never been so settled or contented in my life . ’ |
| 10 | We 've got a seminar coming up and I think I 'll arrange to show Jeannie . |
| 11 | And I think I 'll stop right there with even more comments , erm , in case I lose that contract too . |
| 12 | And I think I 'll ask her to do an electrical tracing of your heart , just for completeness as well , |
| 13 | ‘ I know , doctor , but you see I 'm all this time without pain and I think I 'll let sleeping dogs lie . |
| 14 | within one big area i i if you can and I think shutting things , I think putting trellising up to , not trellising but that sort of thing , to a certain extent at the minute we do n't need and I think I 'll have to come a time er too when it 's open as well to get |
| 15 | And I think I 'll have to now push on about this |
| 16 | And I think I 'd echo what David Walden said . |
| 17 | Erm er your third point was about the balance sheet and I think I 'd ask the finance director |
| 18 | and words are put clear and strong and I think I 'd use the word forceful |
| 19 | Are they , are they have they , are they stupid , have they gone totally mad and they 're obstructing this thing for ever and ever and ever just for the sake of obstructing and you have t to listen to what they say on on this , the argument that we 're having here and have had here and the argument that we 've had about old people 's homes , they 've been two running sores in this authority and hopefully today in both of them we 'll be making progress and I think I 'd like to . |
| 20 | Thank you and I think I 'd like to just point out to Mr . |
| 21 | I 'm 5 foot 10 inches and size 16 and I think I 'd look pretty silly if I weighed much less . |
| 22 | I putted nicely today and I think I can do a lot better over the next three days . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But the one I really want is your Open and I think I can do it . |
| 24 | World No 1 — that 's my aim , and I think I can do it , ’ said Marshall . |
| 25 | Your asking me as chairman of the board and I think I can speak to the board I think that the theatre has actually managed very well . |
| 26 | You are without exception the rudest man it has ever been my misfortune to share a restaurant with ; and I think I can speak for all the others present when I say that . ’ |
| 27 | Van Gogh was also an epileptic and I think I can understand his passion and sense of isolation . ’ |
| 28 | I come now to the Roll of Honour ; and I think I can say that we can boast as remarkable a list of names as any school in the country . |
| 29 | ‘ The roof seems sound and I think I can force one of the windows and get in . |
| 30 | ‘ And I think I can help you there . ’ |