Example sentences of "but [pron] think [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True there 'd been found in Alicia 's desk , but everyone thought that was just an accident , now they began to wonder if someone had put them there , not Alicia , Lizzie would n't do a thing like that , but somebody , it was getting near half term and new the girls were excited because some of them were expecting visits from there parents . |
| 2 | But I thought good structure control overall , painted pictures well erm and I think perhaps just probe a bit more just a little bit stronger than you are at painting pictures but as you see a picture paints a thousand words . |
| 3 | But I thought thirty expensive . |
| 4 | He wanted to hit a 4-iron but I thought that would never get to the hole . |
| 5 | I mean , it was great in bed and everything , but I thought that was all it was . |
| 6 | I was going to call her into my office but I thought that would be a little heartless . ’ |
| 7 | Er I almost said su sublime to the ridiculous but I thought that might be misinterpreted . |
| 8 | They 've got the ordinary ordinary ones but a lot and but I thought that 's alright for the kids ' bedroom . |
| 9 | They want it updated , but I thought that was , doing away with it . |
| 10 | I was gon na go for that but I thought that was too bloody obvious |
| 11 | But I thought that 'd be more of a hindrance than a help |
| 12 | But I thought that erm barn dance or something like that would be favourite cos it 's not too expensive and it 's something that everybody can muck in on . |
| 13 | But I thought that was Friday ? |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't expect anything in the nationals , of course , ’ he said , frowning , ‘ but I thought one of the local rags might have had something about a missing boat . ’ |
| 15 | I have shared this with a number of you personally , but I thought more of you might be interested . |
| 16 | This may well have been the case in September 1987 but I thought most reviewers were scared to dive in and uncover the record 's moments of uncoordinated parody for fear of being trampled to death by hordes of rampant Smiths devotees . |
| 17 | But I thought this was the New World . |
| 18 | ‘ But I thought this was Porteneil 531 . ’ |
| 19 | I thought that , and I 'm not an expert in but I thought this was a penetrating critique and all goes well for how the department is handling in a very difficult starting situation , a most important matter but there is Mr spoke to me about this paper and er I think we will have to hear what Mr had to say , I do n't know who 's going to report that . |
| 20 | Well I , I did n't think about that , all three without was easier , but I think four with would have been better . |
| 21 | ‘ A surmise but I think correct : Lady Isabella is an adulteress . |
| 22 | Er , we 've got it , right , do n't quote me , but I think Legal and General have got something similar , I 'm not sure if it 's Legal and General or General Accident , but the fact that there 's only one or two companies got this , but ours is the most recent . |
| 23 | I do n't intend to start another round of Wilko criticism , but I think much of his problem is that he uses extremely vague formulations and do n't tell anything about his thoughts and considerations . |
| 24 | But I think much of the pain and agony of change was avoidable . |
| 25 | During the Westland episode my worry beads got red hot on occasions , but I think each time you go through a corporate crisis of some sort , you 'd be silly if you have n't learned from the previous ones . |
| 26 | Ralph [ Colin ] went to see it , and he said ‘ My God , a third of the pictures are beautiful , but I think two-thirds of the pictures are fakes . |
| 27 | But I think good parents need the perspective which allows them sometimes to be selfish . |
| 28 | large , not generous but I think good grief poor Christopher 's sitting there . |
| 29 | I think it can work that way , but I think many of us have a horror of a future picture of thirty kids sitting at thirty terminals , you know , pressing keys without any personal interaction with the teacher or with each other . |
| 30 | Some people reduce it to a sort of nine to five or a nine to six type job , but I think many of us feel it 's so totally open-ended we 're never quite sure when we ought to start and we 're never quite sure when we ought to finish . |