Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
2 | Do you think we would have been better off if Dad had been a small-time failure . |
3 | Do you think they would send such a lure through such a palpably honest man ? ’ |
4 | How do you think they would react if I suddenly announced that the new man in my life is the man who ditched my sister five years ago ? ’ |
5 | How do you think they would feel if our findings were wrong ? |
6 | If mankind knew to whom it should be grateful , do n't you think they would come storming up the hill and burn down your tower with all its foul secrets ? ’ |
7 | I mean supposing women 's football did get more support and i wen and i it did become more widespread , more popular at every level , there was time , the resources to do it , do you think the things that people complained about football at the top of this programme er , the bigotry , the aggression , the rowdiness , do you think they would begin to overwhelm women 's football in the way that some of you think they 've overwhelmed men 's football ? |
8 | Do you think they would allow me to pass on this ultimate truth ? ’ |
9 | But do you think they would have beaten us — even if their weapons were better ? ’ |
10 | But if they had her there , d' you think they would let him know ? |
11 | Suppose a law was now being considered by Parliament which you thought was really unjust and harmful ; which , if any , of the things on this card do you think you would do ? |
12 | What other things do you think you would hope to get as a result of your holiday ? |
13 | Which method do you think you would feel the most comfortable using in your marriage ? |
14 | Looking at the environments where do you think you would feel most comfortable ? |
15 | What do you think you would have written ? |
16 | ‘ Do you think you would have made a good Empress ? ’ |
17 | If we can go on to what you think you would need in , in the case of long term sickness , how much do you think you would need per week to get by ? |
18 | and how much do you think you would need on an annual basis ? |
19 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
20 | Because if if you took the the ideas of Freud 's seriously , and a lot of people who work with groups , the therapeutic groups claim to , do you think you would come to the same conclusion as Heather , I mean c could you have for example a , a psychotherapeutic group could you do group psychotherapy ? |
21 | Perhaps early in the presentation the customer might say ‘ Yes , that 's just what I 'm looking for ’ , to which the salesperson replies ‘ Good , when do you think you would like delivery . ’ |
22 | 1 Which answer matches which question ? 2 How would you describe the character she has created ? 3 Where would you most likely meet such a character ? 4 How do you think she would answer these questions : a ) Are you happy with your life ? b ) Do you have any ambitions ? c ) When did you first start living rough ? 5 What other questions would you like to ask the character ? 6 Now put this character in the hot seat and see what she says when you ask her your questions . |
23 | How do you think she would feel seeing us together after what 's happened to her ? ’ |
24 | And I mean , when , when that man was in her house do n't you think she would 've changed the locks or something ? |
25 | Do you think she would have . |
26 | And he cried do you think she would need a worm and he held up a worm , but he came and put this poisoned worm in the mole , you know that 's what they did , they had er mole er worms that had doped with poison , you see and then they dropped them in the hole and that was the end of the mole . |
27 | ‘ How could you think I would do that ? |
28 | ‘ Do you think I would choose to be so ? ’ |
29 | Did you think I would sit here and wait for you to kill me . |
30 | Do you think I would stand aside and let you suffer , as my mother did ? |