reckon - use in sentences

Object

  • it's: By introducing these systems and processes, IBM reckons itâs saved several billion dollars from its bottom line.
  • righteousness: God reckons righteousness apart from the works of the Torah.
  • it's: Michael: [ Very drunk ] Eh aye, I reckon it's a really good idea, like.
  • somebody: I reckon somebody prepared to do that must be really desperate to do some work, and they deserve every chance they get.
  • I: Wrexham is bulging at the seams with rock bands and I reckoned that on this showing this is one of the best.
  • everyone: However, I reckon that everyone was more than happy with the species that we did find.

Preposition: that

  • %: The British Heart Foundation reckons that 37 % of cardiac deaths are due to inactivity.

Adjective complement

  • most: Focus groups reckoned most of what they needed was there but they didn't always know about it.

Modifying Another Word

  • some: Filming will take place in May and June some reckon clips from the Hammersmith shows will appear on it.
  • generally: Mark's Gospel is generally reckoned to be written in the 60s of the first century AD.
  • tho: It's a bigger task than she reckoned tho.
  • still: I still reckon Wales are going to win it.
  • always: And I always reckon Snickers is the most ridiculous name ever.
  • now: The English reckon the longitude from the meridian of London, and the French now reckon it from the meridian of Paris.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: Short term loan A loan for a limited period usually reckoned up to five years.

Used with why or when

  • that: In a nutshell he reckoned that art finds its true monetary value from what the experts say.
  • when: Obviously major expansion is going to hit profits, but I reckon when they do hit profit, it will be substantial.

Infinitive complement

  • have: Of these, 2,000 are reckoned to have injected in the previous six months.

Preposition: in

  • term: In former centuries, before today's farmland patterns were established, wealth was reckoned in terms of cows.

Preposition: with

  • fact: But we must reckon with the facts, and parliament is a scene of the class struggle.

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