Example sentences of "think [pron] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , I do n't think I 'm the right person to lead humanity into the future , no . |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'm the only volunteer who 's ashamed of their early attitude to AIDS and I 'm only glad that we had the sense , collectively , to listen to reason before the calls began . |
| 3 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 4 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why do Americans always think theirs is the only country that 's part of the modern world ? ’ |
| 6 | Do I think she 's the central bank or what ? |
| 7 | Because er there 's too much , because they did n't like the way things were run , something like that and on occasions we have had to say to people , we 're sorry , we just do n't think you 're the right kind of person for us . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
| 9 | Swap one card with a player of your choice , ah I swap with you cos I do n't think you 're the only fucker that has got one have you ? |
| 10 | Jesus Christ , you 'd think you were the bloody Queen ! ’ a voice resounded from the kitchen . |
| 11 | Our father thinks you are the best man to carry out the task which is before us , and so you have our support , whatever you decide . ’ |
| 12 | Or take the old woman who is really a slave to the Gluttony of Delicacy but thinks she is the very model of abstinence : She is a positive terror to hostesses and servants . |
| 13 | I would n't have thought he was the right bloke for this kind of operation , ’ Hitch said . |
| 14 | From the behaviour of the Crown Prosecution Service and Scotland Yard when we presented them with our damning evidence , you 'd think WE were the guilty party . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think there 's the least danger to you , ’ said Ian reassuringly as they parted . |
| 16 | ‘ Because the son of a bitch wo n't let up while he thinks there is the slightest chance of getting back his quarter of a million , ’ Hugo said . |
| 17 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 18 | How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’ |
| 19 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
| 20 | I always thought I was the philandering type , but my mind keeps going back to her . |
| 21 | When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me . |
| 22 | I thought she was the cleaning woman first of all . ’ |
| 23 | We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’ |
| 24 | Brugge coach Hugo Broos bemoaned Nisbet 's goal and said : ‘ I thought we were the better team . ’ |
| 25 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 27 | No I think he generally thought they were the same thing , I think I would of done if I was n't an educationalist , but I mean it 's his business to know really is n't it ? |
| 28 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
| 29 | And er they thought they were the big cheese you see , th th th those who worked there . |
| 30 | ( 43 ) * We thought it be the right choice . |