Example sentences of "think it [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would never have taken her if I 'd thought it would upset her . ’ |
| 2 | They thought it would stop us did n't they ? |
| 3 | You thought it would stop us as good as they did . |
| 4 | ‘ Originally he decided not to take up the option because he thought it would upset me , ’ Miranda said lamely . |
| 5 | Then I thought it would terminate it quite quickly because erm it start erm |
| 6 | He was so unlucky with the weather and I thought it would dishearten him , but he just kept going . |
| 7 | He thought it would do me good . |
| 8 | For ten years , Anne who ran a G P practice from her home at Wallasey , tried to obstruct her daughter taking cannabis because she thought it would do her harm . |
| 9 | She thought it would do you good to be taught belief . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Lil thought it would do you good to sweat a little … |
| 11 | Partly in the hope of keeping himself on the straight and narrow — you 'd be surprised how many gay men do that — and partly because he thought it would do his career a bit of good . |
| 12 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 13 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it would make you feel at home , ’ said the gallery owner — untruthfully , I felt . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought it would give you something to do , now that you 've had to give up that idea of working full-time , and with Hugh away in , well , wherever it is , it 'll be company for you . ’ |
| 16 | He thought it would give it a bit of glamour . |
| 17 | I thought it would give your mother a better chance to assess the situation if she spent a night at Chimneys . ’ |
| 18 | Robin , to his loathing , was put to work in a bank ; Lessing thought it would steady him . |
| 19 | ‘ I came across this today , and thought it would interest you , ’ it said . |
| 20 | Do n't come out as much you thought it would did it ? |
| 21 | I did a year 's course , I thought it would get me somewhere . " |
| 22 | A high tensile fencing instructor thought it would allow him to show trainees types of fencing in addition to the one being erected during the course . |
| 23 | They went into the boutique , Alyssia barely glancing at the racks of exquisitely made clothes , nodding distractedly in agreement when Nicole picked out an exotic pink strapless dress and asked whether she thought it would suit her . |
| 24 | I entered it because I thought it would increase my confidence ; once you 've walked down a catwalk in a swimsuit , you can face most things . |
| 25 | Arabel was once quoted as being terrified by a performance of Tchaikovsky 's Pathétique Symphony in Berlin so intense that she thought it would kill you . |
| 26 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 27 | They thought it would put their passengers off . ’ |
| 28 | I thought it would take me time to adjust and it has . |
| 29 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 30 | I thought it would take you longer . ’ |