Example sentences of "think [pers pn] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions .
2 Like many such groups , they have acquired a patina of legend : during the nineteenth century there were those who referred to them as Druid stones , others who thought they were of Roman origin , and yet others who asserted they must be the gravestones of Danish invaders vanquished by Banquo and Macbeth .
3 I thought they were for sore throats and things Gary ?
4 I thought they were after old iron .
5 I thought they were after old iron .
6 It seemed that people thought it was about kinky sex ; at best it was taken as the onset of senility .
7 Perhaps they thought it was for unwanted babies ; she did start to explain about the new home for blind children , but never had to finish .
8 I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try .
9 He thought he was on safe ground with lavatories , but they were bored .
10 In Final Analysis Richard Gere plays Isaac Barr , a San Francisco psychiatrist , who thought he was in full control of his life until he met the stunning Heather Evans played by Kim Basinger .
11 The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke .
12 No I was actually getting at a certain person that works for Trident that does n't think it 's worth extra hassle for a hundred and eighty pounds more a year .
13 I do n't think it 's of great benefit to English rugby to go around persuading people to stay on if it 's against their wishes , and possibly against their better judgement .
14 thin ground I think you 're on dangerous grounds adjusting the formulations are n't you without
15 The ones that smile , incidentally , usually go the bankruptcy court , so I think we 're in good shape here .
16 And quite apart from my own views , I think we are in real danger of losing readership if we do n't reflect what I am convinced will be the general tenor of public opinion .
17 He seemed to me and many others , I think we were in common agreement , most of the people that I was associated with , that Ni Bevan was the only man that really cared you know , he really cared .
18 Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person
19 Is this because they think they are without inhumane behaviour ?
20 As she said , everyone else seemed to think they were on Candid Camera ) .
21 And I think it 's of particular concern in Richmondshire .
22 ‘ I think it 's like foreign lagers becoming quite popular in this country , English beers have a growing reputation abroad , ’ he added.Although the Italians liked the taste of Tolly 's 1048 Cantab beer , they were not so impressed with the brewery 's taste in labels.The controversial naked lady , the Bacchante , on the label of Cantab beer , had already been described by Cambridge students as ‘ sexist ’ and the Italians felt it was ‘ not very English ’ .
23 if I have gone on at length about this release , it is because I think it is of enormous interest and importance .
24 … or losing 7–1/7–2 to sheff weds in a mel sterland testimonial ( I think it was for fat mel )
25 The reverse , thinking you are of normal weight when you are overweight , is , if anything , a rarity .
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