Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] i 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well it 's like Richard said I think The Mercury probably tried that and then gone with this naff tale about the house . |
| 9 | Er , if we turn to the revenue split I think this underscores the recession er , and you 'll notice that there 's a much lesher lesser proportion of revenue coming from advertising . |
| 10 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 11 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 12 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 13 | Early on within this game I th when Blackburn scored I thought this game would be taken away from 'em . |
| 14 | And when my periods began I thought I had piles . |
| 15 | Kingsley Black on the counter attack Rozario slipped I think fortunate to get it back and finds Black in a good position . |
| 16 | it proves how desperate people get and then he treats them like animals and this boy said I think |
| 17 | I said oh I hope she has n't got another bus so Sharan said I think there is two buses cos whenever I meet mum it 's always a little blue bus and this was a big orange I said well we 'll call at the shop I said and if erm not we 'll have to go home . |
| 18 | ‘ The first time the buzzer went I thought it was the ice but it was a 16 lb pike . |
| 19 | Erm I think er Mr said I think that that C P R E has n't actually offered a solution in this debate , just just raised questions . |
| 20 | But erm obviously what Gwen said I think we all , we all back up . |
| 21 | — the colour made me think of Nile mud — |
| 22 | The sight of another person 's suffering and sacrifice stopped me thinking so much about my own problems . |
| 23 | The network er what the miner 's strike created I think anyway was a sort of network of people Th and it was n't just through the usual trade union political party network it was or through the support groups really er it sets up a network of like |
| 24 | but when William the Conqueror came I think it was |
| 25 | and we enjoyed it so much , we went and asked my mother for some more money , we stayed another week and then when we got back to London er Mrs said I think we better go , you know , get away from London in |
| 26 | ‘ Being here in Majorca made me think of Seville . |
| 27 | you were cos I when Les came I thought you were still feeding them |
| 28 | As the whistle went I thought it could now be a bit close . |
| 29 | The door got me thinking . |
| 30 | The dressing-gown made me think … just for a moment … ’ |