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Example sentences for "should think"

  • Low, I should think, because of the sea-shine on the sand there.

  • Lost his way, I should think," he observed.

  • It's a case of keep your eye on the card, I should think," said big Tim Nolan.

  • I should think we had enough without that old idiot!

  • I should think," said Mina, "that they'd shoot from the end of the pier.

  • Well, I should think she'd better be," growled Bertram, perversely.

  • I should think everybody knew you were doing it, Bertram.

  • Besides, I'm sure I should think you, of all people, would want your guests fed!

  • I should think it might," said Paul, laughing.

  • I should think you'd want to hide your face in shame, you trollop.

  • If I felt that way I should think I was going to be sick," said Paul.

  • They must have been easily satisfied in those days, I should think.

  • I should think I could, miss," said I, in a shy way.

  • And if it is to gain her over, I should think--but you know best--she was not worth gaining over.

  • Fouquet, I should think, must certainly have four millions," she replied, courageously.

  • But tell me, Goliath has not crossed the four leagues of sea, I should think.

  • Monk, there will be a bit of scuffle, I should think.

  • Now, you do not suspect, I should think that I should reveal my secrets to you, and still less his.

  • Then I should think," I said to him, "that all you people here would be doubly careful as to what manner of husbands and wives you chose for yourselves.

  • A funeral march would be gayer than that music, I should think!

  • But I should think," observed the Briton, "that you could knock off a hymn better on Sundays.

  • I should think it might depend a good deal upon the man," Clay suggested.

  • Indeed," continued Clay, "I should think Mr. Langham might even save you the formality of purchasing the stock outright by sending you its money equivalent.

  • If he's worth while I should think you'd hire him," remarked Jane shrewdly.

  • I should think he'd get rich," said Miss Hastings.

  • Which might be better improved, I should think, Mr C.

  • Captain Gills, if you could enter into this arrangement, and could answer for Lieutenant Walters, it would be a relief to my feelings that I should think cheap at the sacrifice of a considerable portion of my property.

  • It was natural that a lady, endowed as you are, should think it feasible to change her husband's character in some respects, and mould him to a better form.

  • Mr Dombey, to a man in your position from a man in mine, there is no show of subservience compatible with the transaction of business between us, that I should think sufficient.

  • I should think it was enough," ejaculated Mr. Cobb.

  • If Abner was at home, I should think he'd been swappin' again," said Miss Miranda.

  • I should think you'd be fonder of dolls than you are," said Jane.

  • They were much like other women, I should think.

  • I should think it an honour to instruct you.

  • London, I should think," said Terence, looking at the nut too.

  • If I were superstitious I should think it a queer sort of omen.

  • With my help he administered the chloroform, which was done under shelter of a sail for fear lest the people should think that we were smothering their chief.

  • If something very pleasant should happen now, we should think it a delightful month," said Beth, who took a hopeful view of everything, even November.

  • I should think she'd hate to poke herself where she isn't wanted," said Jo crossly, for she disliked the trouble of overseeing a fidgety child when she wanted to enjoy herself.

  • Yes, I should think so," and Laurie thought regretfully of his own idle days.

  • I should think I was a pretty lucky chap if I could.

  • It seemed he couldn't quite depend on his own resolution, as he had thought he could; he almost wished his arm would get painful again, and then he should think of nothing but the comfort it would be to get rid of the pain.

  • Thy figurin' books might ha' tould thee better nor that, I should think, else thee mightst as well read the commin print, as Seth allays does.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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