Example sentences of "i think [pron] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |
| 2 | ‘ And I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well together . ’ |
| 3 | I thought you 'd been doing that for the thirty whatsit of July . |
| 4 | I thought you 'd been putting something in my tea for years . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought I 'd been doing that ! |
| 6 | I thought , I thought someone had been smoking in the toilets . |
| 7 | ‘ I think they 've been watching me to see what I eat . |
| 8 | I think we 've been talking about two different interpretations of the word , respect . |
| 9 | Right , I think we 've been going on long enough and I think you 've been sitting there long enough , ha |
| 10 | However , it got so bad one day — I think he had been discussing this with his father because he used to go home sometimes at the weekends and come back to the flat on Monday — and he came in one day and said , ‘ OK , it 's going to be cabaret ’ . |
| 11 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 12 | and they thought , they said then it was connected with the accident , erm because it , you know , she was in such a bad way , and , the other fellow was to blame , I think he 'd been drinking , I 'm not sure , but they 're claiming off the insurance and they reckon she 's gon na be entitled to around a hundred thousand pounds compensation , because , not only has she had these physical injuries , but because she had a knock on the head it 's also affecting her mental state |
| 13 | I think he 'd been practising his pauses . |
| 14 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |
| 15 | turn to Mr Potter I think he 's been dying to get back on this so |
| 16 | I think he 's been washing his hair . |
| 17 | and , somebody ha erm nobody really knew a great deal about it , so I think he 's been doing some research on that . |
| 18 | I think he 's been fixing it . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I think you 've been watching too much television . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I think you 've been watching too many movies . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think you 've been reading too many thrillers , Superintendent . ’ |
| 23 | So long as you wait , I think you 've been doing this all day . |
| 24 | Instead Silas said , ‘ I think you 've been working too hard . |
| 25 | I think you I think you 've been saying |
| 26 | Right , I think we 've been going on long enough and I think you 've been sitting there long enough , ha |
| 27 | To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood ! |
| 28 | ’ I think I 've been luring you into bad ways . ’ |
| 29 | I think I 'd been expecting something good when I reach the village — a bed for the night , perhaps — but the place was deserted . |
| 30 | I think it 's been raining all night which is hardly April showers . |