Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] they think " in BNC.
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| 31 | However Lord Denning was quick to point out that although local authorities had to have regard to the Code , they could depart from it if they thought fit . |
| 32 | Yeah , incredible cos a lot of people said already , like they 've heard it and they think it 's amazing . |
| 33 | They were erm a bit reluctant and were going to fight against it cos they thought they were going to look for er places to bury nuclear waste and it was shelved but I ca n't prove them right and I ca n't prove them wrong . |
| 34 | Rather , they say it because they think it must be like that . |
| 35 | They do , they think people did it to me so I 'm gon na do it to them they just do it as a way of getting back , it 's not is this what people do , they know it 's not right they just do it because they think well we had to sit there for hours on look out so they can too . |
| 36 | Ten teams took part in the first race in 1975 , and they all enjoyed themselves so they thought they would do it again the following year . |
| 37 | What if they thought his presents were old-fashioned and stupid ? |
| 38 | Despite John Smith 's firm establishment as an authoritative and credible alternative Prime Minister , Labour are fooling themselves if they think a change of leader is all that was required to bring about a change of government . |
| 39 | Finally , they have default powers to make such orders themselves if they think that an order is necessary to prevent ‘ material prejudice ’ to an approved structure plan . |
| 40 | It is not helpful to lay down hard and fast rules : judges and juries place themselves ( without very much difficulty ) in the position of " right-thinking members of society " , and ask themselves whether they think the statement would injure the plaintiff 's reputation . |
| 41 | AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) was first called GRID ( gay-related immune deficiency ) and , by homosexuals themselves when they thought they had a monopoly of it , the Gay Plague . |
| 42 | And this was how the red people passed their time and amused themselves when they thought nobody was watching . |
| 43 | We found a computer that had mysteriously been left untouched by the Iraqis ( they took anything that they thought might be valuable broke everything else , as a rule ) . |
| 44 | It 's wrong for us to steal from someone who seems to be richer than we are just as it 's wrong for someone to steal from us if they think their need is greater than ours . |
| 45 | Because if we do n't we then run the risk of being injured ourselves erm somebody alleging that they did n't realise they were police officers and therefore shot at us because they thought we were invading their territory or something . |