Example sentences of "think they could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 2 | I would 've thought they could 've like somebody with an older text , they could 've took the old one out and shoved one of these back into it . |
| 3 | She 'd thought at one time that it might be serious , be love or something weird like that , she 'd even thought they could get married . |
| 4 | In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle . |
| 5 | I 'd naively thought they could mount some low-profile operation to catch Andy watching his own funeral ; I 'd imagined cops slinking through the undergrowth , whispering into radios , gradually closing in . |
| 6 | why , in any case , should the Cro-Magnons have felt the slightest urge to exterminate the Neanderthals ( with whom it is thought they could have interbred ) ? |
| 7 | She had thought they could have fruit for dessert but the bananas looked a bit black and sorry , and there were only two ( bruised ) peaches left . |
| 8 | for three hours with a sur as the surgeon battled to save his life well I 'd have thought they could have plugged wounds with something other than a finger ! |
| 9 | Well I think , I would have thought they could have done it a bit quicker , the bathroom , if they wanted to . |
| 10 | Well I did n't think they could 've gone straight into socialization because they did n't have the resources to . |
| 11 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 12 | If they can build aqueducts you 'd think they could engineer a wallet to keep their money in . |
| 13 | What what do you think they could do do ? |
| 14 | Do you think they could do better this time ? ’ |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | If we allowed it to happen once then all the people who read your paper would think they could do it as well . ’ |
| 17 | They said oh they could n't do nothing about that but er did n't think they could do much about it . |
| 18 | To put it another way : how did they think they could share their thoughts about the trick objects with another person ? |
| 19 | Kathleen did n't think they could afford to wait any longer . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think they could have done any more than they did . |
| 21 | ‘ What do you think they could have been looking for — the people who ransacked her cottage ? ’ |
| 22 | But I do n't think they could believe what was happening — and nor could I. |
| 23 | Yet if it were not for the eclipses of May , June and November , Pisceans might think they could get off comparatively lightly . |
| 24 | How do you , how do you feel about the future now , I mean we 've heard various people say interest rates must come down — you just said interest rates must come down , but when do you realistically think they could come down ? |
| 25 | you 'd think they could know appetite |
| 26 | I did n't think they could know anything about my boat — she was at least a mile away , on the northern edge of Winter Marsh , and as I 'd come from the road on the south they had no reason to search the northern shore . |
| 27 | I do n't think they could say anything , as I say there was no hosepipe ban then anyway so |
| 28 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 29 | If someone thinks they could raise that future flow , they will pay more for the firm . |
| 30 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |