Example sentences of "[pron] think a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leslie was disturbed to hear of this latest small trauma : ‘ It distresses me , ’ he wrote , ‘ to think of you being chivvied about in the way you are ; after all , the army supports me , and when it moves me thinks a wee bit about me . |
| 2 | I thought a male nome would be driving , she thought . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night . |
| 4 | ‘ As for the jewellery — well , I thought a horticultural theme was relevant . ’ |
| 5 | I thought a religious ceremony must now follow , but I was mistaken . |
| 6 | I thought a good idea was to have a problem page where embalmers could write in with their problems that have occurred whilst embalming , and other members can write in giving tips and ways to overcome these problems . |
| 7 | I thought a good Manager was supposed to be able to delegate . |
| 8 | I said I thought a great deal of time was taken up with Committees . |
| 9 | But it was murder for Francis , who said : ‘ I thought a European tie would be easier than the Premier League — but I miscalculated . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought a quick gallop , a guzzle of the local tincture and a few snaps to record the event for posterity . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Because I thought a little honesty was needed . ’ |
| 12 | I had twenty-four kronor of Swedish money , which I thought a handsome sum , but it proved sufficient to buy only one hopelessly modest open sandwich , like the bottom half of a hamburger bun with a menopausal piece of lettuce and eight marble-sized meatballs on top . |
| 13 | I thought a red ball was thirty ? |
| 14 | No no no no no I thought a special celebration . |
| 15 | If there 's any possibility of anything to be gained from this operation — and in the absence of the kind of labour you 'd prefer to have on a job like this — I thought an extra pair of hands might be welcome . ’ |
| 16 | so I thought as soon as I can get to see her I 'll see if she 'll give Jim my , I thought an aran cardigan |
| 17 | I think a new face would be very expensive . |
| 18 | ‘ I think a real friend is someone you do n't have to see the whole time . |
| 19 | I think erm you 've got to say that it is not easy to find people to give the commitment to local government work these days and I think a partial remuneration of the expense that they incur is a very reasonable thing for the public to have to meet . |
| 20 | I 'm very glad to see that there 's quite a lot of nurses here , and I presume that quite a lot of those are women nurses , and I think that this is terribly important , and I think a useful thing with this new service could do is to go out and talk for instance to the meetings of women 's organisations , to old peoples ' clubs in the afternoon , and actually ask people what they would like , and get them talking in a nice informal way , rather than waiting for somebody to let them know what they think , because I do n't think they 're going to get it . |
| 21 | Erm with this sort of landscape I always credit the type of lens which is being used , and I think a wide angle lens has been used here , because we could see there 's been a lot of interest created in the foreground , and this is what a a wide angle lens will do for you in , in , in a landscape . |
| 22 | Oh , I think a wide variety of people are already showing interested in fact . |
| 23 | And I think a similar exercise can be undertaken in the Greater York area . |
| 24 | And we believe we already offer that , I think the figures indicate that and therefore in the medium and the longer term I believe that our attractions will undoubtedly benefit and I would finally say that if you er , go back and look at the history of Disney in America , after the establishment of Disney Parks in America there was a big improvement in extension of the amusement parks in the rest of America which er , the traditional theme parks , so called , in America grew in the period after the establishment of Disney Land in California and I think a similar sort of thing is going to happen , not perhaps just in this country er , but also in Europe generally . |
| 25 | ‘ I think a private hospital in Darlington would relieve the Memorial Hospital of its private patient commitments . ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I think a private hospital in Darlington would relieve the Memorial Hospital of its private patient commitments . |
| 27 | That is a harsh rule from A's point of view ( I think a stupid rule , and I hope that if you are the reader of this book who is destined to become Lord Chancellor you will get it changed ) , but it would be even worse if the same rule were applied where B has carelessly misdirected his letter , resulting in gross delay or loss . |
| 28 | oh my god I think a early goodbye now Winny , well that 's the end of the news , we now must go over to gender bender the cartoon , gender bender , bom , bom , bom , gender bender |
| 29 | I think we can go back just for a final to White Hart Lane , and join up with Nick Harris — got his breath back now Nick , I think a tremendous afternoon though for you . |
| 30 | What will not do — though you 'd be surprised how often this happens anyway — is a group of political activists getting together and saying , ‘ Auntie Flo thinks that … ’ or , I think a good slogan would be … ’ |