Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that my innocent inquiry had provoked such a defensive , almost hostile response got me thinking about what has been happening to the labour force since the mid-1970s . |
| 2 | That bit made me think even then . |
| 3 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 4 | Charles ' suspicions of Dr Lefeuvre made him think his address was already common knowledge . |
| 5 | It was a contradiction in terms , Lisa found herself thinking as she looked back across the desk at him . |
| 6 | What sort of a racehorse d' you think you get for a hundred quid ? |
| 7 | On the books front I thought Helen Fraser 's predictions the most interesting . |
| 8 | Although Frank obtained a first-class diploma from the College , he did not find an opening in farming and his thoughts turned once more to medicine for which his experiences at College led him to think he had an aptitude . |
| 9 | The nations of Europe had become too proud , too self-aware to tolerate that , and gradually , with this kind of behaviour , a collective anti-German consciousness arose I think which , strangely , even today unites Russians , Poles , with people in the west of Europe and America . |
| 10 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 11 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 12 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 13 | Is that the telephone 's fault d' ya think or is that fault I mean salesman coming in as well . |
| 14 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 15 | G. says he thinks the man is lying , that the vat went over not by accident but because the ice cream was not up to standard and pouring it away was the most convenient way of getting rid of it . |
| 16 | Finlayson closed his eyes to help him think . |
| 17 | It does n't do any good to let him think he can overrule me either — well , he ca n't really , because I 'm Chief Druid after all . |
| 18 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 19 | When it rained , she thought nature was crying at her weakness , and when the midnight wind blew she thought nature was angry with her . |
| 20 | When Nellie died we thought that the class would end but thanks to Elsie Simmonds with Kath Vigneux at the piano , we were able to carry on . |
| 21 | In the last frenzied seconds as the boat tossed I thought Rachel held a pistol pointing at me , but then I saw it was only her glass . |
| 22 | So again you 've got to come up with your main heading what kinds of words do you think you 've got to have in your main heading ? |
| 23 | Now what kind of words do you think should go on a front page if you 're dealing |
| 24 | Question : When you put that cup to tea to your lips did you think — that 's an award winner ? |
| 25 | What boat did you think it was ? |
| 26 | What about for the overall area , I mean , do you s do you think that that what kind of future do you think has ? |
| 27 | Yeah erm is that gon na be a problem that 's gon na recur in the future do you think ? |
| 28 | Whose blood do you think it is really ? |
| 29 | Has John got a new car do you think ? |
| 30 | Pete has never touched my hair in my life and there was some downstairs in that bathroom downstairs and I thought hey that looks a bit of fun , I 'll have a go at that and erm and I was outside and I took my hair down , I 'd just washed it and I said oh look , you know , I used this hair thickening shampoo do you think it looks thicker , as a joke , and he goes yeah it does actually , yeah it really does . |