Example sentences of "do think " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sue Baring , finding it difficult to conceal her disappointment , thanked a similar list of people before ending : ‘ I do think the result is uncomfortable for many sections of this society and I hope I will be free to fight for all those who may well lose out as a result of this election . ’ |
| 32 | But I do think if I do n't have a break , then before long I shall blow my temper . |
| 33 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 34 | I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life , but I do think that student days are among the happiest . |
| 35 | I do think the artificial division of people into age groups has a damaging effect on society . |
| 36 | As I said to her we 've got two shelves of hardbacks in the alcove because I do think they furnish a room as the man said , but I would n't be on for lending them out because you do n't know the condition they 'd come back in . |
| 37 | He concludes ( which once would have been controversial ) that human beings do think — and even creatively . |
| 38 | I think some people do think that is selfish and that marriage is about bringing up a family and looking after the house . ’ |
| 39 | I do think life is complicated ! ’ |
| 40 | Oh , Breeze , do think of something . |
| 41 | I do think that she needs one . ’ |
| 42 | I know that a lot of youngsters gain their first experience of shooting with bolting rabbits but I do think that so much preparatory work is necessary to create the opportunity for the rabbits to be killed that the chance must not be missed . |
| 43 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
| 44 | I do think he 's got to be the best rock guitarist … |
| 45 | ‘ I do think this record is unlike any record that I 've ever done before . |
| 46 | I love what I 'm doing for Revlon but there are two things that I do think about , one is becoming an actress and the other is going to university to study art history . |
| 47 | Oooh , I do think he is a good playwright , I really do . |
| 48 | ‘ I do think about it quite a lot , actually . |
| 49 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 50 | However , if I do think of myself as making a considered choice , can I deny the justice of your reproach ? |
| 51 | And more than that , I 'd grown up with divorced parents and I do think kids need a mother and a father . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ You do think of all the might have beens , ’ Sandra admits . |
| 53 | I AM not a religious person , but I do think that if Jesus was around today he 'd be horrified by the way we celebrate his birth . |
| 54 | While I can see that the woman you wrote about may well have deserved what she got — your report says the little girl was badly bruised — I do think we have to be wary of going to extremes . |
| 55 | I really do think Pam has got her views mixed up . |
| 56 | But I do think they will struggle to score goals with Nigel Clough up front on his own . |
| 57 | We are very prone to pontificate about what teachers should think about but we do not really know what they do think about : we formulate issues on their behalf . |
| 58 | When drafting your notes , do think about whether you have provided the report recipients with what they want to read or what they want to consider . |
| 59 | But I do think it matters in terms of recruitment . |
| 60 | I do think , however , that we should hit the Enemy in the public world , and even set up outposts and command centres there , as long as we do not forget that the kingdom can not be built as a nation state or a political empire . |