Example sentences of "think [conj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you think that at eight at eighty four you 'd be like to be chasing the girls with your wig on . |
| 2 | ‘ I should n't think that at all likely , ’ he said . |
| 3 | " All men have said or thought that at one time or another . |
| 4 | But it should not be thought that at this time the Minister relied solely on the advice of his civil servants for the formation of policy . |
| 5 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |
| 6 | She nodded assent and as I turned to lead the way I thought that at close quarters she was probably younger than I 'd assumed , or else that she was older but immature : an odd impression , fleeting and gone . |
| 7 | However she thought that at that stage Miss T. was able to understand what was going on . |
| 8 | ‘ You thought that at first , ’ he prompted gently , ‘ but afterwards you changed your mind ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought that at first , Dad , ’ said Rachel , ‘ but I 've changed my mind . |
| 10 | Oliver did not believe her , but he thought that at last this might be an opportunity to escape . |
| 11 | I thought that at last I 'd found someone I could share my life with . |
| 12 | There are philosophers , some of them inclined to Kant 's doctrine that we impose the category of causation on reality , some of them freer spirits , who think or at any rate say differently of causation and of nomic connection generally-in a phrase , that it is part of the mental order . |
| 13 | I think a lot of people who suffer from asthma type diseases here do suffer quite severely erm because of this and I think that at some point we 're probably going to have to , to look at it and try and devise a system which , which allows us to pick up the grass . |
| 14 | Quite simply , personnel policies that we set can have major impacts on erm , the funding of our superannuation scheme , and I think that at some stage in the future , it may be appropriate to think about a seminar for both of those committee members , to look at both the the good report and the the Department of Environment scrutiny , erm So . |
| 15 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 16 | Anyone thinking that at 65 John Maltby will now accept graceful retirement is much mistaken . |