Example sentences of "[verb] think [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed there are some who make think that the County Council has been too generous in that the reduction from the hundred percent migration in four districts , er amounts only to somewhere about four and a half er thousand dwellings . |
| 2 | I do not take this view , but I do think that there are certain deep assumptions about how the mind-body problem should be addressed which increase its difficulty . |
| 3 | ‘ I do think that this is a very important issue for us in politics . |
| 4 | I do think that Brie is probably still unknown to you unless you have tried an unpasteurised variety . |
| 5 | ‘ However , I do think that they are a breed more for the connoisseur than for the average dog owner . ’ |
| 6 | But I honestly do think that we are probably at the very bottom of the list for help for women amongst the 12 EC countries — we are certainly regarded so in Europe ’ . |
| 7 | But I do think that we are becoming more involved in the Livesey affair than our legitimate interest justifies . |
| 8 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 9 | I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design ! |
| 10 | I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life , but I do think that student days are among the happiest . |
| 11 | I do think that she needs one . ’ |
| 12 | I know that a lot of youngsters gain their first experience of shooting with bolting rabbits but I do think that so much preparatory work is necessary to create the opportunity for the rabbits to be killed that the chance must not be missed . |
| 13 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
| 14 | I AM not a religious person , but I do think that if Jesus was around today he 'd be horrified by the way we celebrate his birth . |
| 15 | ‘ I do think that men and women have different sorts of friendship and I 'm not sure that wives can ever understand male friendships . |
| 16 | And I do think that sex is so private it 's almost impossible to write about . |
| 17 | For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live , as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , sir , I think it 's clear , that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government ; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under ; … ( p. 53 ) |
| 18 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 19 | However , I do think that the purpose of explanation in social science has been elided in work in this field . |
| 20 | But I do think that what he 's doing is something truly wonderful — and quite different . |
| 21 | Now , I do not seek to defend the conduct of the Sun , but I do think that it is at best messy and may also be dangerous to use the common law to outflank the Act . |
| 22 | We advertised , in fact , for people who wanted to smoking but could do with a little help , because I really do think that women do need a little help , a bit of support to do this . |
| 23 | ( Single woman living with her unmarried brother and their very frail elderly mother ) I do think that disabled people , unless they 've had a big cash payment through an accident [ compensation ] … they do n't get enough to live on … |
| 24 | Also , ’ said Fribble , glancing to the velvet couch beneath the forest window , ‘ also I do think that one of us ought to stay with Fergus . ’ |
| 25 | I do think that one can put one 's ideas over rather more forcefully and precisely when one 's present in the flesh , with all one 's conversational resources to hand . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I do think that someone of authority should go into the forest and approach the Tree Spirits . ’ |
| 27 | What I do think that we have to be very cautious about , however , is the manner in which we determine the unexpressed ‘ purpose ’ of legislation . |
| 28 | I know that the rules for feature-page articles are different from those for reviews , but I do think that Alan Clark , who was given large space on the Times ’ main feature page , could have got around to mentioning the book from which he had taken the material for his strictures of Churchill before his last two paragraphs : ‘ And yet , so docile and leader-oriented is the Conservative Party [ Whoops ! |
| 29 | I do think that the Minister is going a bit beyond the statement now . |
| 30 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |