Example sentences of "[adv] think [pron] be " in BNC.

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1 Certainly those working with the mentally ill or the handicapped or the senile or in health education may properly think it is .
2 But the answer is , each one secretly thinks he 's the best .
3 She has one rap — ‘ Killing Me Softly , Deadly Code of Silence ’ — which starts ‘ George Bush is a terrorist ’ , and Bill Clinton apparently thinks she 's one of the major problems facing the USA today .
4 James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’
5 She said of the IRA : ‘ I can only think they are a dumping ground for psychotics and maniacs .
6 She said of the IRA : ‘ I can only think they are a dumping ground for psychotics and maniacs .
7 One can only think it is to do with their not addressing the rock .
8 ‘ I can only think it 's down to our Gabbichi cardigans , ’ he laughs .
9 ‘ I do n't know why I 've been dropped but I can only think it 's something to do with my run-ins with those high-profile managers .
10 That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden .
11 Tim obviously thinks we 're going to be , in our old age — that 's why he got us involved with these investment people . ’
12 He obviously thinks you were one .
13 But their parents had obviously thought it was a suitable area .
14 At the time , Belinda had merely thought she was resting up for the party .
15 Creeping up the backstairs on her return from the Galleon , she 'd foolishly thought she was safe .
16 That same day he not only thought we were in Denmark but decided that it was imperative to write three letters to his cousin Marianne in New York — simultaneously !
17 ‘ You only thought I was .
18 ‘ Perhaps you only thought it was Dr Kemp , sir ? ’ continued Morse .
19 Should know that there were two , I only thought there was one .
20 She apparently thought it was ‘ election bumf ’ .
21 She perhaps thought she was going home .
22 The Germans perhaps thought it was a huge joke to sell a long-coated bitch to someone who was to try to re-establish the breed in another country .
23 ‘ But as much as I 'd like to continue playing for the North , I suddenly thought there 's more to life than sitting on the M1 .
24 The government and the church obviously thought we were a threat to society . ’
25 He — Ash — obviously thought they were .
26 Christine obviously thought she was going to get much less than she expected from Graham Mills ' will .
27 The fact that he obviously thought she was a good nurse pleased her and gave her confidence , while the fact that Belinda had not betrayed his secret and gossiped about his wife and her illness earned his gratitude and respect , so that now they were allies and she knew she would be able to go to him if ever she had a problem at the hospital .
28 He obviously thought she was a man-hungry piranha , and really who could blame him ?
29 ‘ They obviously thought I was doing terribly badly at that time and were very pleased at how well they had rigged me out … until I put on the mac .
30 Because I said I liked the immortal Bix Biederbecke he obviously thought I was avant garde and beyond redemption .
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