Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] think at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
| 2 | Again , you will probably need more than you think at first reckoning , so there is no harm in thinking ambitiously from the start . |
| 3 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 4 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 5 | ‘ Once I cut the neckline wrong on three hundred dresses and I thought at first I 'd just keep quiet and fill the gap with lace . |
| 6 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |
| 7 | Well , my understanding is that the individual should have a job description as that 's what they are working too , and I thought at one time that it should be the individual who would sign the job description but apparently not , it should be the manager , who signs it to say yes , I confirm that this is the job I want the person to do . |
| 8 | Harry and I thought at one stage that if we could find a proper home |
| 9 | Her health began to suffer , which was understandable , and I think at one time she deteriorated so badly that the doctors rather washed their hands of her . |
| 10 | I have just turned 21 and I think at this age I am just starting to grow up anyway . |
| 11 | And we were given this lovely bag you know , with your buns in and your lunch and I think at these kind of things erm were very , very acceptable and you see it , it was , it was involving people er with the store , not just your groceries . |
| 12 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 13 | Oh hold on , you 've got , you 've got a , you could have a shot at those , but I think at this stage of the game , it 'll be best if you did have a shot at the yellow . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm getting fed up with people telling me that , because I think at last I do know what I 'm doing . |
| 15 | He was fourteen plus I think at one time . |
| 16 | The earth never quite moved for me in the Dante Sonata as I thought at one stage it might . |
| 17 | But she could n't ever see me , though I think at first she knew I was around , so now I mostly stay where I am and amuse myself with some of the other kids who are here too . |
| 18 | He says having been there , the crash is n't over such a wide area as we thought at first . |