Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] i " in BNC.

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1 What kind of monster do you think I am ? ’
2 With what force do you think I should strike ? ’
3 What kind of pyjamas does he wear I wonder ?
4 The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear .
5 ‘ What kind of a fool do you think I am ! ’
6 ‘ What sort of fool do you think I am ? ’
7 Edwina Currie had rejected his advances ( ‘ What sort of girl do you think I am ? ’ ) while Emma Nicholson had not caught exactly what it was he had proposed .
8 If I 'd had a proper education do you think I 'd be driving this cab around ? ’
9 Why the devil do you think I came haring over here ?
10 ‘ What the devil do you think I want , fellow ? ’ came the irritable reply .
11 He lifted his dark head and gave her a penetrating stare , noted her expression , and asked swiftly , ‘ What relationship did you think I meant ? ’
12 He waited until this pantomime was over , then asked again , ‘ What relationship did you think I meant , Sarella ? ’
13 For example if I 'm looking at O-level history , ‘ What sorts of things do you think might be important , or what kinds of evidence do you think I ought to collect , or what issues do you think I ought to take into account ? ’ ’
14 Now for example if I 'm looking at O level history , what sort of things do you think might be important , or what kinds of evidence do you think I ought to collect , or what issues do you think I ought to take into account ? ’ .
15 ‘ How in heaven 's name do I know I do n't like Beethoven , when I ca n't remember my own name ? ’
16 How much cheesecake do you think I can eat ? ’
17 The woman said , more to herself than to him , ‘ How many things do you think I can do at once .
18 you know what sort of things do you think I should be doing ?
19 Jo makes me believe I 'll get better
20 What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ?
21 Like a signal to let you know I want just to talk .
22 ‘ What kind of a woman do you think I am , Li Yuan ?
23 ‘ Why under God do you imagine I never go home ? ’
24 ROBBIE D' you think I 've come to confess again ?
25 ‘ What kind of man do you think I am , that I could forget something like that ? ’
26 ‘ What kind of man do you think I am ? ’ he started out furiously .
27 Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ?
28 Mum do you reckon I should make two paddles ?
29 If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact .
30 ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’
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