Example sentences of "think [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't think that serious damage , such as a tear in a trouser leg , can easily be disguised — it ca n't . |
| 2 | Perhaps I mean it 's , we do n't know in nineteen , October nineteen forty seven whether the Communist Party actually really did think that absolute egalitarianism might be able to work . |
| 3 | I ca n't think that one person in a car on their own would want to go to MacDonalds too often . |
| 4 | Now that is one of the very crucial things and one of the things that we frequently ask groups of people is , ‘ Do you think that one press release is sufficient ? |
| 5 | I mean does anybody think that parental investment theory is relevant at all to modern industrial society or is it completely irrelevant ? |
| 6 | Jo , at what stage do you think that formal education ought to start for a child ? |
| 7 | ‘ I do think that public concern over the leniency of the original sentence has been assuaged and in that sense I suppose some justice has been done . ’ |
| 8 | In this respect Locke is not an empiricist : he does not think that geometrical knowledge or , for that matter , the knowledge we would have in natural philosophy if we knew the real essences of substances , is empty and trivial . |
| 9 | He was always careful to wash his chiselled visage , of course , but in a year of passion one would think some small scent would have escaped , a tracking odour that would put her senses on alert . |
| 10 | I do think some formal education could start sooner , but I would n't want you or the listeners to think that nursery education and formal education are one and the same . |
| 11 | I do think some formal education could start sooner , but I would n't want you or the listeners to think that nursery education and formal education are one and the same . |
| 12 | ‘ How do you think this poor man fell to his death ? ’ |
| 13 | Some might think this historical evasion , but its lack of conclusiveness should be seen as a valiant struggle to understand the complexity of South Africa 's past and future . |
| 14 | At these airfields , crashes were the order of the day and I do n't think this particular airman was any too pleased at this result of his unpremeditated heroic action . |
| 15 | Kate , I do n't know what you define as glamour , but , if you do n't think this little outfit of yours is going to get all the boys hot and panting , then you want your head seen to . |
| 16 | He thinks another fiscal crisis like the one he was called in to deal with can be expected to force the issue within a few years . |
| 17 | The difference is that Christianity thinks this Dark Power was created by God , and was good when he was created , and went wrong . |
| 18 | He was beaten and he accepts it and thinks this sporting attitude will count in his favour next time . |
| 19 | Maybe he thinks this strange limey with the psychedelic shirt will slip the golden gooselet some crack in a John Belushi scenario . |
| 20 | And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way . |
| 21 | At a total cost to local Charge payers of around twenty thousand , some people may think such civic junketing has been terribly excessive but the truth is , Lord Mayor , that this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 22 | Why do you think such extreme violence was used against law enforcement officers when they arrived to carry out their duties ? |
| 23 | Sight — is it just me , or does anyone else think these 3-D Freescape thingies just do n't work on 8-bit computers ? |
| 24 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 25 | Brook clearly thought this anti-committee mania was getting out of hand and sent Bridges a minute to this effect : |
| 26 | ‘ I would have thought this latest case was deliberate . |
| 27 | ‘ I would have thought such good sense would have met with your approval . ’ |
| 28 | Immediately after my robbery I had thought all this action would be to my benefit . |
| 29 | I 'd have thought any normal thief would make off with the whole bag . |
| 30 | ‘ Your people will think all that stuff ties up together hey ? ’ |