Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] not think " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should , however , like the Minister to clarify the issue of rights of way in dock areas , where I do not think that many trains will be travelling at the high speed of 125 mph . |
| 2 | ‘ Everyone will be watching her to see what she does and although I do not think she is very fit , she has to be the favourite to win . ’ |
| 3 | If it is a possible view that section 8 is intended to put a 16- or 17-year-old in exactly the same position as an adult and there is thus some ambiguity , although I do not think that there is , it is a permissible aid to construction to seek to ascertain the mischief at which the section is directed . |
| 4 | He also gave the impression , although I do not think he made a specific statement , that he had in fact had discussions with the Biafrans . |
| 5 | Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . |
| 6 | I actually understood what the Hon. and learned Gentleman said , which is unusual , although I do not think that it contributed much to the debate . |
| 7 | The cost of rehabilitating a patient after a heart attack is somewhat less than being in a hospital bed for a third of a day , so I do not think that we are denting the NHS 's resources by providing this for everybody . |
| 8 | However , the Hon. Member for Caernarfon ( Mr. Wigley ) was called twice , so I do not think that he has any cause for complaint . |
| 9 | WP So you do not think that Hungary will become one more cog in the greedy progress of capitalism ? |
| 10 | Pressing , as her distresses are , if I did not think her heart was rightly turned , I should be afraid of proposing such a measure , lest it should unsettle the sobriety of her mind , and , by exciting her vanity , indispose her for the laborious employments of her humble condition ; but it would be cruel to imagine that we can not mend her fortune without impairing her virtue . |
| 11 | Starting each hymn on the right note was a great problem for most of us , but I found that if I did not think too deeply about this but started off almost instinctively I generally hit something like the right note , thanks to my years as a choir boy in Maidenhead . |
| 12 | In her viva her examiner asks her if she does not think that ‘ dipthongisation in fourteenth century Kentish may have been optional ’ , and her immediate reaction is that ‘ The question made no sense at all ’ . |
| 13 | She touched on the word with delicacy , as if she dared not think of it . |
| 14 | But if you do not think sound is important , try watching Star Wars with the volume turned down . |
| 15 | For instance , if you say , ‘ Donna , if you do not think first , but lash out at your sister , I will not allow you to go to the fairground with me ’ , her resolve to think first and desist from hitting out will be strengthened . |
| 16 | But if we do not think that , er or we think there are possibly problems in in relation to using protective clothing , we will also do that . |
| 17 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 18 | Furthermore , the insurers are judge and jury rolled into one — if they do not think that your case has a reasonable chance of success they will not indemnify you . |
| 19 | Many players will find themselves in this hazard if they do not think first before playing . |
| 20 | So A would be less than fully co-operative or rational if he did not think that B knew ( or could find out ) where he was . |
| 21 | Mrs Margaret Charles , living 200 yards from the crash , said : ‘ I am furious because I do not think pilots should just bale out and let the plane go on and crash into a village . |
| 22 | It is not certain , therefore , whether the rule in Quenerduaine v. Cole would apply , though on the whole I think it would , because I do not think that a court would speculate on the reasons that moved B to telegraph rather than write . |
| 23 | When I read that junior Ministers are interfering with the curriculum , I get worried , because I do not think that they know very much about it . |
| 24 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 25 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
| 26 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 27 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |
| 28 | She did not report it because she did not think she would be believed . |
| 29 | Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ . |
| 30 | This is the notion of the constituent power ( ‘ pouvoir constituant ’ — because we do not think along these lines , the English translation sounds strange ) . |