Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] not think " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think we should join well before next summer , but I do not think … that the time to join is this week , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I think we should join well before next summer , but I do not think … that the time to join is this week . ’ |
| 3 | But I do not think I have to worry about it — there is , oh there is , there really is , another kind of light between these walls , too luminous for words . |
| 4 | I could be , but I do not think I am . |
| 5 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 6 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
| 7 | For some years I tended to assume that the computers would merely give us a better documented description of the language , but I do not think that that position remains tenable . |
| 8 | But I do not think it 'll be a good idea . ’ |
| 9 | She said : ‘ I would sit at Westminster for the time being , but I do not think you can do both . |
| 10 | But I do not think that there can be a rational , scientific criterion by which you can say : this is really the best . |
| 11 | I agree with Kuflik that it is not actually impossible to contract to give up one 's autonomy , but I do not think , however , that Kant 's argument can be so easily disposed of . |
| 12 | But I do not think they will believe it necessary to dilute our sense of national identity in order to play a full-hearted role in Europe . |
| 13 | But I do not think that these circumstances demonstrate a contract between the valuer as principal and the borrower . |
| 14 | I find this a difficult case to understand but I do not think that it can be said to support the Woolwich principle . |
| 15 | I was much more impressed by Mr. Kasner 's evidence than by that of Mr. Mahmoud , but I do not think that they differ on any material point . |
| 16 | That seems to me to be a good argument for saying that in the ordinary way the justices ought not to make an order for no contact between the parent and the child , but I do not think it is a satisfactory argument in the interpretation of section 34(2) and ( 3 ) . |
| 17 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 18 | And I am sorry , but I do not think he loved you , James . |
| 19 | Mr Sproat was not , he insisted , against the scheme from any reasons of philistinism , ‘ but I do not think this is the best way to encourage authors . |
| 20 | I wish the skiing industry and skiers every success for many seasons to come , but I do not think that the last few indifferent seasons have a timely message . |
| 21 | But I do not think that the characteristic that turns a simple assault into a sexual assault is solely a matter of anatomy . |
| 22 | But I do not think that Bourdieu 's particular type of functionalism is open to Elster 's criticisms . |
| 23 | They both tried , no doubt , to put us at our ease , but I do not think either had much understanding of small children . |
| 24 | In reaching this conclusion I have not , of course , overlooked the findings in the special case [ that the owners never intended to affirm the agreement for extra payments ] but I do not think that an intention on the part of the owners not to affirm the agreement for the extra payments , not indicated to the yard , can avail them in view of their overt acts . |
| 25 | I have never been to this town before , but I do not think she is a typical resident of Bournemouth . |
| 26 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |
| 27 | I well understand why Opposition Members are looking rather depressed today , but I do not think that it has anything to do with catering facilities in the House . |
| 28 | That is an interesting literary distinction , but I do not think that it is much more than that . |
| 29 | The hon. Member for Derbyshire , South ( Mrs. Currie ) , who is making expansive gestures , may be in favour of the consequences that I have described , but I do not think that the British people share her view . |
| 30 | He said that his first speech in the previous coal debate made the headlines of Coal News , but I do not think that the chairman of British Coal will be grateful that the hon. Gentleman has halved the take and production of coal in his remarks . |