Example sentences of "[conj] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may think this is unlikely ( ! ) but there 'll be some old Coventry fans who have your autograph & think they 've got something really valuable … only to find … |
| 2 | In these situations we commonly know or think we know of many of the conditions which must occur for the occurrence of the event . |
| 3 | which we can be sure , or think we can be sure , of biological connection is always very narrow ; but sociological kinship , which depends only on our willingness to slot individuals into particular verbal categories , can be extended as far as we like , or rather as far as local convention requires , and that may be thousands of miles and include many thousands of individuals . |
| 4 | The Philistines in the narrative of 1 Samuel have no image of the Israelites ' god , Yahweh , but they understand , or think they understand , the significance of the ark , and regard it as a convenient substitute . |
| 5 | In many libraries there is some tension between what users want ( or say they want , or think they want ) and what the librarian feels they need . |
| 6 | Then there are the would-be breeders — who have a pair ( or think they have ) but no fry , or who are looking for a mate for a much-loved large cichlid ( usually an Oscar or Severum ) . |
| 7 | OVEX TM must not be taken by women who are or think they may be pregnant . |
| 8 | Lionfish are predatory and will eat any fish they can get into the mouths ( or think they can ! ) . |
| 9 | But wherever they stand — or think they stand — on this planet of sound , The Orb have an undeniable gravitational pull on modern music . |
| 10 | The Interminable Akers : Scientists in the research facility of an unnamed high-technology company discover the secret of perpetual vigorous life … or think they do . |
| 11 | At a more subtle level , in both Richard III and Julius Caesar there is a sense in which disregarding portents is part of a more general characterization — of individuals who have taken their destiny into their own hands , or think they have , in contrast to those who consciously submit to their fate.6 However the context in which dreaming is used in the plot has to be constructed to suit the play — the ideology of the culture in which it is set must condition the characters ' responses . |
| 12 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 13 | Electors may put Labour in office because they hate the Tories or think it 's time for a change or even because they like Labour policies . |
| 14 | It is possible , though , to envisage the case of a man who does not even care enough , or think it important enough , to address his mind to the possibility that the woman may not be a willing party . |
| 15 | Anyone got any objections to it , or think it 's not a good idea , do say . |
| 16 | When he was out with a group of other kids , playing kick-the-can or soldiers , he would often sneak away , so that they would never find him , or think he had fallen down a hole or into a burn or a loch . |
| 17 | you are or think you may be pregnant |
| 18 | you are or think you may be pregnant |
| 19 | And by the end you know everything , or think you do . |
| 20 | Make sure the list is based upon how you feel now — not upon what you used to enjoy , or think you ‘ should ’ enjoy , or what other people like to do . |
| 21 | If calligraphy is not a skill you possess or think you could learn , do not despair for there are some alternatives . |
| 22 | If you know , or think you may be vulnerable to getting Thrush when using antibiotics for Cystitis , do mention this to your doctor , who may well prescribe treatment ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ You must first love , or think you love the woman , ’ he said . |
| 24 | You are arriving home — or think you are — and as you approach the garage you try to work your routine magic . |
| 25 | He could not see , nor think what that link might have been , beyond what was an evident fact to him : that they were mythagos created by Tallis , and were responding to the mind which had engendered them . |
| 26 | It is easier to take moral instruction from a character in a book than think it out oneself . |
| 27 | When I got home I said , ‘ They ought to know you better than think you would marry a prostitute . ‘ |
| 28 | It 's it 's not worth a marriage no more because the C S A and because of people like them sat there that think they know it all . |
| 29 | So my marriage has fallen apart because of these people sat here that think they know everything . |
| 30 | You see people that think they got cameras out there they ca n't see |