Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , I do n't think I saw a single frame . ’ |
| 2 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 4 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 5 | Listen honey , d' you think I lead a sheltered life ? |
| 6 | Things have been patched up between us by Lord Coleworthy , who likes me and thinks I do a good job . |
| 7 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
| 8 | Clare 's partner was a just-divorced man who talked endlessly about ‘ that bitch who need n't think she has a free meal ticket for life ’ , then took Clare to dance at Annabel 's , London 's most expensive new nightclub . |
| 9 | You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’ |
| 10 | No I do n't think you get a higher incidence . |
| 11 | He was genuine , he appreciated everything you did and I do n't think you get a better manager and of course he 's now under this new Transport Act when transport , this was erm , was nationalized is n't it ? |
| 12 | I mean , my sister 's school they have right from the start and er they do n't I do n't think you get a wide enough circle of friends really . |
| 13 | Bearing in mind that you 're rich enough to live in Surrey , and some people ca n't even afford a roof over their head do n't you think you have a moral obligation towards these people ? |
| 14 | Do you think you have a few views in common with your workmates or do you think that when you 're talking things come out that you kind of like minded about things , maybe because of the job you 're doing , and the place you work in , you know like maybe like politics or something , |
| 15 | I would have thought you needed a nice oomph at the end . |
| 16 | I 'd have thought she needed a steady young chap . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He thinks we have a good chance on appeal , ’ said Middlesbrough Liberal Democrat councillor Joe Michna , another leading opponent . |
| 18 | ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding . |
| 19 | I do n't think they got a true picture , especially not of C1 , because the staff reacted in a helluva different way to when the cameras were n't there . |
| 20 | But does their mother think they get a hard time at school from the locals ? |
| 21 | Do you do you think they get a false idea from the television or something , wha what is it ? |
| 22 | I do n't think , ‘ I want this to be a religious painting ’ , but I do think they have a religious subtext . |
| 23 | Do you think they have a proper magazine in the Sunday Express ? |
| 24 | I could n't be certain but in the hubbub that followed ( shrieked squeaks and ‘ hahas ’ from the audience ) I thought I heard a definite mechanical ‘ click ’ , but when the stage lights came up again , nothing had happened . |
| 25 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 26 | I thought I heard a thankless boy raising his voice against those that clothed him and suckled him and spent out a fortune on the making of him . |
| 27 | Farmer-Patrick admitted : ‘ I thought I ran a good race . |
| 28 | Farmer-Patrick admitted : ‘ I thought I ran a good race . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was an effect of the screen , but I thought I saw a flush rise on her throat . |
| 30 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |