Example sentences of "[vb past] think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Eliot did not like Lindsay 's work , he did think that it might have paved the way for better things . |
| 2 | Frau Nordern agreed , although not without adding a rider of her own : ‘ I always did think that Bodo was being alarmist . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did think that there was something between her and Peter Yeo — her partner — but nothing came of it . |
| 4 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 5 | I was n't partisan politically but I did think that choice was important , whether it was which brand you chose or which person you decided to deride . |
| 6 | I did think that Madeleine and I … |
| 7 | And yes , the police did think that a young person , sex unknown , had been on the scene of the suicide . |
| 8 | Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’ |
| 9 | I did think that someone outside that house was using assassins , professional killers , but that would be too dangerous . |
| 10 | McAllister really did think that she was going to faint this time , not through shock or disgust , but sheer physical exhaustion , except that the will which her family deplored kept her on her feet . |
| 11 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 12 | But , she says , she did think that Ken showed him a certain degree of respect . |
| 13 | legitimate to think that how that they did think that this was a short-term goal in order to achieve their long-term objectives . |
| 14 | But I did think that it might just ease the pressure on Saturdays , because , following what erm Betty has said , in fact , as I make it it 's forty-five Saturdays out of fifty-two , and bearing in mind Bank Holiday weekend , Christmas and that sort of thing , it 's virtually every Saturday in the city centre there is a collection . |