Example sentences of "[vb mod] think they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 2 | It does not matter how silly you may think they are , if it 's something you are unsure about or have wondered why , please let us help . |
| 3 | ‘ Those who engage in and encourage secret plans and conspiracies may think they are patriots , but they are the worst enemies of their country . ’ |
| 4 | But remember to keep them away from very young brothers or sisters who may think they are sweets and try to eat them . |
| 5 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 6 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 7 | You may think they were tainted , but we know they were tested at the priory and I doubt the Lady Eleanor would have taken them solely on the Prince 's word . ’ |
| 8 | He must think they 're square-bashing at Caterham . ’ |
| 9 | God , he thought , Americans must think they 're in the Stone Age when they come to stay in a place like this . |
| 10 | Well I should think they are . |
| 11 | Mm yeah but I should think they 're insured for that . |
| 12 | He was horrified that women like that should think they were fit to be seen in leotards and striped leggings . |
| 13 | Mm , should think they were , they love it . |
| 14 | This one erm it 's really good cos they 've like , got nice little rooms and tellies in room and like , if like , they come and they 're trying to like clean up , the cleaners 'll like , give them a cloth so they 'll think they 're helping an that . |
| 15 | If they remember , they 'll think they were imagining things , jumping to conclusions . ’ |
| 16 | They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it . |
| 17 | Looking quickly at paintings such as Pounding Foam or A Winter Sea , you might think they were expressionist works by Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning . |
| 18 | Both tortoises and armadillos are animals that carry around their own suit of armour , and at first glance we might think they were related . |
| 19 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 20 | They 're quite short , and you 'd think they were plump except it s all muscle , and they do n't have a stitch on . |
| 21 | They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen . |
| 22 | Now on Green , now we go , we 've come along from the top of Street right along Road , the toy shop then you get to the Kings Arms and on the other side of the road there was another pub and I ca n't remember the name of it , then there was the fish shop and then the Liberal Club then the pork butchers you 'd think they were all full of meat . |
| 23 | In the dark a stranger to the house could think they were walking into a room . |
| 24 | Yeah but you could think they were brother and you know . |
| 25 | I would think they 're more trouble than they 're worth unless you 've got |
| 26 | Asked Gary I would think they 're taking on extra staff |
| 27 | Absolutely , I would think they 're the three heroes erm Les Phillips in midfield was back to the Les Phillips we knew when he first came to Oxford from Birmingham when we were in the first division . |
| 28 | HE : Anyone would think they were cutting it for coal-heavers ( pause ) or stonebreakers . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was for the same reason that Mrs Parvis , so Gloria claimed , put crushed up egg-shells into powdered egg so that the lodgers would think they were eating something which they were n't . |
| 30 | He was very proud of the new trees , you would think they were his . |