Example sentences of "you would think " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye would think I was a dog , ’ he said , ‘ the way she looks at me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Ach , come on , you would think I had been at the whisky already . |
| 3 | You would think you were ashamed of it or something … |
| 4 | To hear some people talk , you would think such things are all in a jumbled undifferentiated past , much as the Louis XIV 's palace of Versailles with its real hall of mirrors now also houses Jacques-Louis David 's massive celebrations of Napoleon and of the revolution which brought down the Bourbons . |
| 5 | FROM the way Soviet soldiers sometimes carry on , you would think they had not heard there had been a change in Germany . |
| 6 | You would think he was a gypsy until you looked closer at his blue eyes and the dusting of freckles over his apple-blossom cheeks . |
| 7 | To hear Joan Marsdon talking of the PAT ( Pets as Therapy ) work she has done with her dogs Bewey , Chrissy and Beth , you would think she had been operating all her life . |
| 8 | They want to be slim of course , yet after months or years of dieting failure you would think that it was time to stop trying . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you would think that ! |
| 10 | Looks can deceive , though , because to look at her you would think she was aggressive , or dead political , but she is n't , it 's just that punk is the look she likes , and what she 's aiming for . |
| 11 | There is more to running a boarding house than ever you would think Minnie and hardest of all is the impossibility of finding reliable and trustworthy staff who are not forever thinking of themselves first in a way we would not have dared . |
| 12 | YOU would think that none of the main party leaders would forget today , but past experience suggests otherwise . |
| 13 | ‘ From the way Himself carried on you would think it was all our fault , ’ Bob Merryfield grumbled . |
| 14 | ‘ You would think the beat constable would have the answer to that , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ You would think so , if only to sell it . |
| 16 | You would think ‘ en suite ’ was the most beautiful phrase in any language , the lengths Marjorie went to introduce it into her conversation . |
| 17 | This train — every train ! — was so packed you would think there was no way through the carriage , but a constant stream of vendors , women and boys mostly , moved through between stations , dipping and ducking , squeezing past passengers . |
| 18 | The effect is such you would think a giant mountain range had been flooded and only the peaks are left showing above the waterline . |
| 19 | ‘ You would think , ’ said Val , ‘ that the cats would do the garden no good . ’ |
| 20 | Sacculina is related to barnacles , though you would think , to look at it , that it was a parasitic plant . |
| 21 | If you knew Ted , and you probably do judging by the amount of Christmas cards he gets , then you would think twice about being wicked and disruptive for the sake of it . |
| 22 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 23 | He 's drunk enough to float the Mauretania , and left me to drive him home that 's had so little over me lips you would think it was Lent . ’ |
| 24 | He was very proud of the new trees , you would think they were his . |
| 25 | You would think that a macabre form of nepotism had recruited hundreds of Count Dracula 's descendants into the higher reaches of the Civil Service . |
| 26 | There are so many bite indicators for use when legering you would think there was something extremely complicated to the simple action of a fish pulling on the line . |
| 27 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 28 | She is a woman indeed ! — in mind , I mean , & heart-for her person is such , that if you expected to see a pretty woman , you would think her ordinary — if you expected to find an ordinary woman , you would think her pretty ! — But her manners are simple , ardent , impressive … |
| 29 | You would think that the ‘ dummy head microphone ’ for ‘ binaural ’ reproduction — stereo sound for headphone listening — would give totally faithful stereo reproduction as a matter of principle . |
| 30 | You would think that , combined , the talents of the Department of Transport and the Central Office of Information would be able to handle the native language and its syntax . |