Example sentences of "think it be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said to me when they find out what it is she could soon have you on your feet , but she thought it were that shadow on me lung . |
| 2 | I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them . |
| 3 | I thought it was that wife . |
| 4 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 5 | Some clearly thought it was all part of the night 's entertainment . |
| 6 | They thought it was all part of his evident ‘ foolishness ’ . |
| 7 | We all thought it was all part of number one . |
| 8 | I thought it was another boy ! |
| 9 | I thought it was another book on Mediterranean cooking there somewhere |
| 10 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 11 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
| 12 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 13 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 14 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
| 15 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
| 16 | Putting out the cigarette again , as though stubbing Alice out of existence , he said , " I thought it was some hooligan , these kids who come into a house on an impulse " It was at this point that the next thought hit him , and again he sat staring . |
| 17 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
| 18 | ‘ And I thought it was those rats or my silly old brain and all the time it was you , young man . ’ |
| 19 | on , I thought it was this week but it is n't it 's the seventeenth , so I rang Steve and he said I better . |
| 20 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 21 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |
| 22 | He does n't think it 's any use just telling people things . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think it 's any use looking after old people unless you really care and really like old people . ’ |
| 24 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think it is any surprise that some of our best swimmers , like Andrew Jameson , have reached their peak through training at an American college . ’ |
| 26 | I did n't think it was all subjects , I thought it was just history |
| 27 | Did you think it was any good ? |
| 28 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
| 29 | ‘ She thinks it 's all nonsense . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Raymond thinks it 's all compost . |