Example sentences of "[noun pl] because [pers pn] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I do n't like long titles , and er , and erm , and I am wary also of the public protection words because I think they do infer , as , as was stated quite clearly at personnel , they do infer that the Chief Fire Officer 's somewhere in there as well , and he is n't . |
| 2 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |
| 3 | The extract from the file on Tweed you sent with the courier made the point he often stays at top places because he thinks he 's less likely to be noticed . ’ |
| 4 | Another funny story , also off the record is that that lay in a drawer for two years because they thought it was controversial , they thought it was which I find hilarious . |
| 5 | The NRA displays such a terrifying range of weapons because it thinks it necessary . |
| 6 | She 'd reverted to her glasses because she thought they made her look older and more respectable , somehow , the way people wanted a doctor to look . |
| 7 | Well that 's one of my next questions because I think it 's debatable either way , a a lot of people and I 'm finding this just want to be in a neighbourhood watch scheme to take advantage of insurance er and also to have the sign up once the signs are up and they got insurance they 're not bothered , and you can tell that by the er gist of the conversation on the telephone . |
| 8 | Well I 'd like an answer to this questions because I think it 's fairly fundamental . |
| 9 | For instance , if a magistrate dismissed most cases because he thought they were false , the proportion of thefts which were reported in his district might decrease because people would decide that it was useless to report them . |
| 10 | During that time I had them out three times because I thought I 'd make them see . |
| 11 | It takes about three days to get a call out and I remember DeFries did n't answer any of David 's calls because I think he knew what was going on . |
| 12 | Without consulting the master layout plan I have no idea which square yard H24/V72 occupies on the pitch , once the biggest in England until former manager Billy Bremner lopped off a few yards because he thought it put the team at a disadvantage when playing away ( they must now be regretting all those lost square yards they could be selling ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm . |
| 14 | Add to that a predilection to falling off buses because you think you see Him on every corner , in every crowd , at every window , and the inevitability of actually seeing Him in the off-licence when you were n't expecting to , and feeling your entire stomach lurch forward involuntarily like waking from a dream of falling . |
| 15 | Palmer , seconded by GLEB to work with NoS , felt many people were naively attracted to the pops because they thought they were easier to do . |
| 16 | He wanted to see more ‘ young ladies ’ at matches because he thought they would ‘ raise the tone of supporters generally ’ . |
| 17 | I support , up to a point , er vigilantes because I think they 're helping to protect society . |
| 18 | He worked on numbers because he thought they controlled people 's lives . |
| 19 | ‘ I concentrated on toys for pre-school children because I thought I knew about them . |
| 20 | She had refused to breast-feed her two children because she thought it disgusting , and my father in middle age had spent many wakeful nights , not cavorting in the pleasure grounds of a foreign city , but walking the floor feeding his children from a bottle while his new wife lay in a sedative-induced slumber . |
| 21 | I have a certain degree of sympathy for men because I think you have to take into consideration that men are n't given enough opportunity to feel se , er sympathetic , maybe again is the wrong word |
| 22 | Millions of us choose the specially prepared baby and toddler drinks because we think they must be healthier than ordinary lemonade or squash . |
| 23 | You 'll be resentful of any time-wasting delays because you think you should be forging forward and making progress on all fronts . |
| 24 | ‘ And your parents quite obviously hate my guts because they think I walked out on Jennifer when she most needed me … |
| 25 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 26 | I bought two small ones because I think I 've got two small baskets . |
| 27 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 28 | Author of Love Is n't Quite Enough — a study of male-female relationships — Dr Tysoe says , ‘ I have n't come across any evidence that shows older women are attracted to toyboys because they think they might be better in bed . |
| 29 | I 'm glad to bring you greetings because I think you serve a particularly unimportant purpose ! |
| 30 | Southall , delighted with the look made famous by the great Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin , has even added to the macho image by pulling out all the padding which comes with today 's goalkeepers ' shirts because he thinks it gets in the way of doing the job properly . |