Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] do [adv] think " in BNC.

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1 You could n't often get big sizes in them & I do n't think they did boys ' sizes in Dr. Martens — when they did , some girls wore them .
2 You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’
3 Or I do n't think I want that new pair of jeans .
4 Or I do n't think so anyhow , we 'd 've nailed it together for him for nothing and
5 Or I did n't think she was ! ’
6 ‘ You mean you do n't like them , or you do n't think you ought to have them ? ’
7 Thirdly , irrespective of the source or Priority of the information , any Particular individual will psychologically " filter " out what he or she does not think important , or what he or she does not want to know .
8 Or they did n't think there was .
9 Then when it " just happens " , spontaneously and romantically , they and their girlfriends hope they do n't get pregnant , or they do n't think about it at all .
10 This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change .
11 I have never heard this case made in anything like the explicit fashion in which I have just outlined it , and I do not think it ever would be publicly made .
12 And I do not think that Helen is unusual or unfathomable in translating this into a hatred of her own body , a fear of its femininity , unpredictability and curviness , and a longing to keep it all ‘ under control ’ .
13 I have upon my shoulders so many cares as a landlady that I feel bowed down whereas , and I do not think my memory faults me , I was freer as a maid .
14 I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express .
15 We handed in our papers , and I do not think a more relieved set of students or an Invigilator ever rushed for the lift and down to the shelter .
16 Both Roche and Berk are companies of repute , and I do not think that Berk would like to be described by Dalyell as ‘ fly by night ’ simply because it produces a cheaper product .
17 We believe it is important that we participate fully in all these discussions as we think we have an important contribution to make from the substantial experience that we have , and I do not think you would find it acceptable for JARs to be binding on UK industry without us being in on every stage of their development .
18 Television is a very evangelical medium and I do not think the Church of England can afford to or wants to compete with the evangelical churches .
19 The tribunal chairman said : ‘ Her privacy was invaded , but she does model and I do not think this was a very high level of injured feelings .
20 The comparison between Matisse and Picasso is true and present and I do not think that one can look at Matisse without thinking of Picasso and vice versa .
21 Whether one accepts that view or not — and I do not think that it is valid in its simple form ( see Fine and Harris ( 1985 ) ) — it is a powerful one ; in that context , the fact that the proportion of foreign assets in UK pension funds ' total investments has risen is a mark of the power that the post-1979 boom in the City 's foreign investment has had .
22 I take the view that , having regard to the recitals and to the terms of the order , one can read into the order itself the element of compromise , but again I do not think it is important for the decision of this case ; because the compromise , if compromise it was , was between the plaintiffs and Jack Bernardout , and I do not think it enures for the benefit of Joseph Bernardout , the defendant in these proceedings .
23 It is not necessary for us in the present case to decide whether this distinction is a legitimate one and I do not think we should assume to do so .
24 But leaving that aside , as I have already explained , the court will not be ‘ hearing and determining the swap cases together ’ and I do not think those words can be stretched so as to include the present procedural arrangements .
25 It could lead to unjustifiable situations resulting in a great number of injustices and I do not think we should continue with it . …
26 It is the doing of one or more acts which individually or collectively amount to such adverse interference with or usurpation of the owner 's rights which constitute appropriation under section 3(1) and I do not think it matters where there is more than one such act in which order the successive acts take place , or whether there is any interval of time between them .
27 And I do not think that it means , as counsel argued , the individuals who inhabit these islands .
28 It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again .
29 We could have what you English call ‘ fun ’ … and I do not think there has been a great deal of that commodity in your life so far .
30 And I do not think I 'll make it to inspector ( to inspector )
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