Example sentences of "do not think [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I think that 's diff you see I , I do n't think that 's possible for everybody to keep in touch with everybody else , I think you 've got to have one person , that everybody looks to , to say , right
2 As he finally demonstrated over Cuba , he did not think Communist domination was worth the ruin of civilization .
3 The man did not think that Boy ever gave his address or phone number to anyone .
4 Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it .
5 He did not think many of them bright ( but the record afterwards shows that several were very bright ) .
6 Margaret Irwin told the Royal Commission on Labour in 1893 that she did not think many women were " at case " outside Edinburgh . "
7 He did not think much of the lectures .
8 I did not think much of the CPRS blunderbuss which seemed to be aimed firmly at the Government 's feet .
9 She knew they mated for life , and though she did not think much of married bliss , yet she approved of constancy .
10 Later I gathered she did not think much of my manners .
11 This she well understood , though she did not think much of ‘ Abroad ’ .
12 Judging them by the standard which he used for men , in a society where their roles were totally different , he naturally did not think much of them .
13 At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis .
14 But as a pensioner she did not think much of his performance in the Commons yesterday .
15 It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’
16 Unsurprisingly , the Divisional Court did not think this was enough .
17 ‘ I am surprised the judge did not think this matter a great deal more serious than the sentence appears to suggest . ’
18 Probably he did not think this likely to happen .
19 Even Cassie , used now to the small eccentricities of her home , did not think this likely .
20 Rain did not think this was enough to suggest the brothers went to look for her and said so .
21 Rain did not think this necessary but dispatched Rosie on the errand .
22 I did not think this fellow would survive very long , he was what I call one of my " oncers " .
23 The Christians were strongly opposed to child exposure , actively rescuing foundlings , and deplored abortions which they did not think defensible except with arguments that equally justified infanticide .
24 I do not think 4th is a false postition at all .
25 I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA .
26 ‘ I do not think that will necessarily prolong the deliberations and the results will be available — the further recommendations and the analysis — within a year , though I would not nominate a month , ’ he said on BBC Radio 's World At One .
27 We therefore do not think that formal procedures for the identification of money laundering transactions are necessary . ’
28 When a representative of the London Compositors " Society was asked whether this was a " lower class of work " , he replied , with honesty , " I do not think that would be a correct term to use .
29 I do not think that is unfair or leads to an unfairness in the trial .
30 I do not think that section 3(1) envisages any such act as an ‘ appropriation , ’ whatever may be the meaning of that word in other fields such as contract or sale of goods law .
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