Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not necessarily think of pigments in the context of metalwork , but there are traditions of painted metal statues . |
| 2 | If the legislature finds that limitations on the common law principle are needed for reasons of policy or good administration then they can be adopted by legislation , e.g. by a short limitation period , presumptions as to validity , even ( which I mention but do not necessarily think appropriate since the matter has not been discussed ) a power in the courts to limit the effects of any order for recovery comparable to that conferred on the European Court of Justice by article 174 of the E.E.C . |
| 3 | Children start off as self-centred little beings and they do not naturally think of the other person . |
| 4 | All that now remained was to get the next couple of weeks over — have the party , get Karl away , see Erika settled , get the business of the accident cleared up and then , although he did not normally think in melodramatic terms — then the future ! |
| 5 | ONE WOULD not normally think a national awareness day for something which could affect as many as one in three of the population would be necessary . |
| 6 | Not only do we not usually think of Snell 's law when we try to net a fish or tickle a trout , but we could not use it to help us do so even if we did . |
| 7 | Ybreska would not ever think of his little errands as subversive acts . |
| 8 | They did not always think that it was fair . |
| 9 | People who have grown up with the sport when the pressures were not too great perhaps do not always think of others . |
| 10 | I say if she thought till she was tired , she could not possibly think of any wrong … . |
| 11 | Looking back on the almost thirty-year-long era of the series , one does not automatically think of these essential mammerial features of the femme fatale when talking about Miss Sims . |
| 12 | Ianthe was not as yet bold enough to break away from her upbringing and background , and while she did not often think of herself as marrying now , she still hoped , perhaps even expected , that somebody ‘ suitable ’ would turn up one day . |
| 13 | He does not often think of himself as English , but of course he is . |
| 14 | She might not now think of this as the action of a deflated bully , but the symptoms are classic . |
| 15 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 16 | One does not really think of saving dolphins as connected with social change , but essentially Greenpeace 's claim is not exaggerated . |
| 17 | An abatement of reverence and forelock touching is all to the good , and I can not really think that doctors should be denied their fair share of human fallibility . |
| 18 | It was far out of the reach of grown-ups as well as children , except that Jasper did not really think anything was out of his reach . |
| 19 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 20 | Most of the time we do not really think about this but sometimes it is interesting to see how our language changes according to the role we play . |
| 21 | She was used to answering occasional questions about the child , who perhaps Jonquil did not really think existed after all . |
| 22 | She could not really think that Havvie would marry her , once Sally-Anne jilted him — which she must , for in the face of that letter could she believe a single word he had said , or written , to her ? |
| 23 | We did not really think they could possibly get a boat in . ’ |
| 24 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 25 | He did not even think about Greg Martin if he could help it . |
| 26 | It was his chance , but he did not even think to run . |
| 27 | To his credit , he excoriated the lack of safety at the circuit , had the highest praise for the drivers who pulled Niki out of his burning car and did not even think in terms of his now enhanced championship chances , not only because he thought Niki would be back in Austria , but because he was honest enough to know that without the accident and Jochen having to re-start , he might himself have placed no better than third . |
| 28 | But he could not say Vivien 's name then , he could not even think it , only look about him fearfully , clenching his hands . |
| 29 | Do not even think of daemons . |
| 30 | You may not even think there is a problem at all since the words " greatest " and " largest " are synonymous in the English language . |