Example sentences of "and [pers pn] think the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The McLaggans were spoiling for a fight and I thought the lairds might have the mettle to retaliate . ’ |
| 2 | However , Mrs Knelle seemed to be driving from house to house to exchange news , and I thought the old Ireland persisted around Lough Corrib as well as might be expected , or better . |
| 3 | It was a happy little celebration , and I thought the scholar-soldier , gown and hood over Sam Browne and tunic , with the ribbon of the Africa Star , looked very dashing indeed . |
| 4 | It looked like a simple repair job to me and I thought the gloom on Mick 's face was part of his act . |
| 5 | One TODAY reader , who refused to be named , said : ‘ There was a certain part which really happened to me and I thought the programme was real . |
| 6 | ‘ I think the rise in fascism is disgusting , and I thought the most disgusting thing Morrissey did was when he said it was a National Front skinhead who threw something at him because I did n't see any fascism in the crowd at all . |
| 7 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 8 | " There 's a nice old muddle for you and I thought the Moor was a quiet place . |
| 9 | " Well , the man 's gone by and Cowslip and I thought the flayrah ought not to lie about for long . |
| 10 | Paul ignored the rebuff and turned to Christina instead , pointing to his drawing and explaining : ‘ I drew the pool as an oasis , surrounded by traveller 's palms for maximum shade , and I thought the waterfall cascading through the coral-stone rock formation balanced it perfectly . ’ |
| 11 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 12 | So I got up then and I spoke to the room you know and we were more or less helping one another out and I thought the Chairman had done well when he said erm they do n't speak er Welsh for fancy or anything they use it as every day . |
| 13 | I thought Collimore had good break three against two and I thought the the ball he should have played he should have measured a ball into er Kingsley Black 's stride . |
| 14 | ‘ I looked everywhere and could n't find anyone and we saw the trucks come here and I saw the lights on and I thought the humans were still here and I came in and I heard your voices and you 've got to come because it 's Dorcas ! ’ |
| 15 | Long fingering of manuscript and I thought the fingering . |
| 16 | ‘ I wanted to show that we cared about their predicament and wished to conduct a genial and mutually satisfying transaction , and I thought the head of the company bothering to put in an appearance might do that . ’ |
| 17 | I was sitting in the sitting-room about to make a cup of coffee when I heard a huge bang and I thought the whole house was going to cave in . |
| 18 | Er yeah well all , all those things er and I thought the , the diagram was marvellous and you sort of to start with you , you were thinking ahead to doing this diagram and you could see that that 's what you were waiting to do and then once you did it you were up and running . |
| 19 | It empties the pocket and I thought the car keys were in there , my car keys . |
| 20 | The keeper had an inspired first half did n't he , Bob Bolder , and I thought the number six , Kernigan as well , I believe he 's on loan from Middlesbrough ; the two of them , really between you and a really big defeat . |
| 21 | Dostoevsky followed the trial proceedings closely , and I think the Soviet editor is right to put his finger on the verb tolkatsya , to loaf or lounge about , which occurs in a speech by the prosecuting lawyer . |
| 22 | I was just an honest guy who wanted to get on with what he did best , scoring tries , and I think the supporters responded to that . ’ |
| 23 | I think we will continue to have a degree of volatility in markets we 've not experienced previously and I think the way the market maker has to interpret his role now is such that we will never get the sort of fine tuning that the old jobbing system could provide . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd wear this because it 's a classic look with a slight difference — and I think the colour 's great . ’ |
| 25 | I like the top — and I think the hair 's great . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Nicaragua is certainly very pleased with the progress made towards demobilisation [ of the contras ] … and I think the government of El Salvador is very pleased . ’ |
| 27 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 28 | She wanted too much too soon , and I think the old money just shut her out eventually . ’ |
| 29 | I am saying that , and I think the other party leaders will have to say that too . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It has really played us into the game and I think the Prime Minister has made a considerable mistake . |