Example sentences of "think it was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so Mr. Green , I think it was Chris Green , had to he was chairing that meeting and had a double vote . |
| 2 | I think it was René Descartes who first formulated what I have called ‘ the heat-pain argument ’ . |
| 3 | Because I think it was Tommy that said it was really after the one finished and there was nothing else round about that there was a gap of a few years and then you got started again here . |
| 4 | John 's told me to tell you to go and get it , right I said I said Richard coming , for four hundred pound I you 're not coming for it so that 's it oh you think it was pub machine or |
| 5 | I think it was Clade Corbett of the Sydney Sun , who did not reveal the source of his information . |
| 6 | erm I do n't know if you remember the Esther Rantzen programme , I think three months ago , where they uncovered all sorts of misdeeds at a school in I think it was Cuckham Grange or somewhere in Berkshire . |
| 7 | Er , I think it was Hayley first . |
| 8 | I think it was April , was n't it ? |
| 9 | Anyway , to judge by the magazine 's groovy post-modern orange cover , they think it was Penguin who killed British fiction , which seems a little harsh . |
| 10 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 11 | Oh I think it was Freddie Kruger . |
| 12 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
| 13 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 14 | One of the 8 Group airfields , I think it was Graveley , had had FIDO burners installed along each side of the main runway — that is , ‘ Fog Intensive Dispersal Operation ’ — consisting of pipelines of oil which were lit up in foggy conditions . |
| 15 | I think it was Will 's most famous play . |
| 16 | they were saying how spoilt children are today and how , erm I think it was Anne who was telling me and I said it , that is just ridiculous is n't it ? for a four year old to have their own video |
| 17 | One of the twins ( I think it was Alison ) said ‘ There 's an MTWTV truck belting up behind us and a load of police cars . |
| 18 | I think it was Michel who said , ‘ It might be cheaper to connect it to a flight simulator ’ . |
| 19 | But er the school , I think it was Rudling I , I 've often tried to find it but I I 'm not sure which one i , you know , for |
| 20 | For reasons best known to themselves , they attached great importance to the idiot 's efforts to fill his useless bath ( I think it was B ) and it seemed vital to their purpose that I too become involved with the whole farcical business and , what 's more , come up with some sort of an answer . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it was Victoria Wood who said that there 's no such thing as bad taste in humour because if it 's bad taste no one laughs . |
| 22 | Doris I think it was Doris actually who said it to you . |
| 23 | I think it was February to April . |
| 24 | I think it was Professor Thomas Torrance who replied to a question concerning his ‘ conversion ‘ with the reply : ‘ I have been converted three times . |
| 25 | I mean it going back to the days I think it was Professor Jode , it depends what you mean by class . |
| 26 | I think it was Alan |
| 27 | and I once went in to collect some and erm , I think it was Mrs said oh good have you come to take them away or something like that cos there was , there were n't many left in the school so I |
| 28 | I 'm not sure but I think it was Mrs Turner . |
| 29 | Apart from one question I think it was question nine . |
| 30 | And the , the , the laugh I had was er , the last time they were advertising for spoolers they , you had to have I think it was O levels or something , |