Example sentences of "[adv] think that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newbolt 's attitude is still very common — not only among the British ( especially those who have come under the influence of F. R. Leavis ) , but also among American free versifiers who think they are an avantgarde and who are muddled enough to think that they have Pound 's authority to back them . |
| 2 | Many people rightly think that they are far more important than many of the items currently on the agenda which are causing problems . |
| 3 | It is generally thought that they were a new people only in name , and that they were made up of tribes such as the Amsivarii , Chattuarii and Chatti , who are mentioned in earlier sources , but rarely , if at all , in later ones . |
| 4 | N , that is not on religious grounds either that is because I just think that they work six days they should have a day off anyway . |
| 5 | I never thought of that , I just think that they were bananas jumping about in stripy pyjamas . |
| 6 | I think if you go back a hundred years the problems in British culture were much worse , but nonetheless I do think there 's a tremendous arrogance around in modern so-called civilized Britain , and particularly when they talk about the ancient civilization of Israel , I just think that they were a far more humane nation than we are . |
| 7 | It is widely thought that they are descended from genes , or groups of genes , of higher organisms , which have somehow escaped and set up life on their own . |
| 8 | The Founders had always thought that they might get some pension-fund money . |
| 9 | Christians usually think that they have nothing to learn from other religions , but that is because we confuse beliefs and practices . |
| 10 | Some people still think that they 've got to pay for the whole |
| 11 | Er , what they do , every year they switch identities e , Jessica pretends to be Elizabeth , and Elizabeth pretends to be Jessica but , this year they do n't do that cos tha all their friends like know and , this year cos their teachers and things still think that they 're erm so , they swapped identities they like , give detention and things to the wrong people and stuff like that . |
| 12 | I 've no , I I hardly think that they 're commentating about twenty miles away . |
| 13 | I , I definitely , I definitely think that 's a pattern , you know leading up I , I think this is a continuing thing but that , that in the end these people always think that they 're gon na take one step further . |
| 14 | One driver told the interviewer : ‘ I 'm always thinking that they 're sat back in the office thinking ‘ Where has he got to ’ , and it puts you on edge so I always drive faster in a company car because time is against me . ’ |
| 15 | If you heard that someone had taken an amethyst to bed with them , you 'd probably think that they 'd forgotten to take off their jewellery . |
| 16 | Do you honestly think that they did all ? |
| 17 | Ammianus also thought that they were descended from the Romans . |
| 18 | Because the slave traders were brought up in the belief that every word of the Holy Bible was inspired by God , they honestly thought that they had divine sanction to enslave blacks . |
| 19 | Yeah , yeah I probably think that they 're having an affair I think |
| 20 | I HAVE no doubt that the vandals who defaced Bomber Harris 's statue are feeling pretty smug and probably thinking that they had made a point for Dresden . |
| 21 | As well as being a threat to the ozone layer and human health , it is now thought that they are especially attracted to the wax coatings on conifer needles , reaching 100 times the concentration in the air . |
| 22 | While it is now thought that they are interested in offloading part or all of this holding , it seems that they are not prepared to sell for less than the purchasing price of £1.20 . |
| 23 | Indeed , the West Indians originally thought that they had much in common with British people and expected to be able to identify with the British way of life ( PEP 1976 ) . |
| 24 | Another effect of media censorship is that , far from leaving the public unaware of black people being involved in crime , many people now think that they are responsible for just about all the crime they read about . |
| 25 | They were both selfish individuals and she was now thinking that they deserved each other . |
| 26 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |
| 27 | I rather think that they are concentrating on the main task which is to see that the children are properly provided for . |
| 28 | Those acquainted with them , like Sergiu Celac , who acted as interpreter for so many meetings with English-speaking heads of government and heads of state , sometimes thought that they detected vestiges of their changing sexual relationship . |
| 29 | People sometimes think that they will always be able to hear a sentence boundary because a combination of intonation , rhythm , and pause will tell them . |
| 30 | His Mum and Dad would wonder why it was open but they 'd most likely think that they had forgotten to lock it . |