Example sentences of "would [verb] think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ‘ would prefer to think of different languages as having the potential to exploit differing degrees of subjectivity ’ but she does not think there is ‘ any neutral ontology or world view which is objective and can serve as a universal yardstick . |
| 2 | They would prefer to think of little green men than leprechauns . ’ |
| 3 | Most of us would like to think of growing old gracefully , enjoying the years of retirement , surrounded by family and friends … but as we get older , it becomes more and more difficult to get about and meet others . |
| 4 | Establishing what events and transactions have caused the minority interests to change in a particular situation would entail thinking in broad financial accounting terms ( something that the current PE 2 Financial Accounting 2 examiner believes many candidates are reluctant to do ) . |
| 5 | But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’ |
| 6 | He would have to think of some more immediate way of annoying Gina . |
| 7 | to forty or lower , I would have thought for this sort of plan , the majority . |
| 8 | ‘ I would have thought with 50,000 men training already under General Richardson to fight for Northern Ireland there was a place for a fine young Ulsterman like you . ’ |
| 9 | It is common sense once you see the solution but it is unlikely that you would have thought of all of them a priori . |
| 10 | But to resist ecstasy : who would have thought of such a thing ? |
| 11 | … who would have thought of that ? |
| 12 | There 's always innovations in the rose world … the latest is putting them in hanging baskets … who knows what Christopher Columbus would have thought of that . |
| 13 | You know , breathe that smells of moth balls , I mean who would have thought of that . |
| 14 | I would have thought someone of Mr Vivian 's experience would have thought of this . |
| 15 | ‘ Quite a change , ’ said Jane , wondering what mother would have thought of this fashion plate . |
| 16 | If Mrs Ebyth Morton ( Points of View , today ) was disappointed at the failure to show clips from the France-Scotland match in the BBC television news last Saturday , I wonder what she would have thought about Scottish Television 's choice on Sunday : ‘ 2:30 Scotsport . |
| 17 | I mean they are certainly the two most important things in my life , and I would have thought in most people 's — both work and good relationships with a family . |