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

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1 So I ca n't see that it 's justified you keep letting your best players go people do get illusioned and people are n't fools , they 're gon na stop away are n't they if they thinking they 're not doing anything to get going anywhere .
2 Other bands just would n't give a toss , they 'd pose like they were asked if they thought they were going to get a front cover . ’
3 IF they thought they were breaking new ground by having the Institute of Directors host a discussion on the lack of women in the boardroom , then Donald Hardie , its Scottish director , and Henry Fairweather , Scottish & Newcastle 's personnel director who put the idea forward , were right — in more ways than one .
4 What was to stop anyone just shooting him if they thought he was worthless to them ?
5 If they thought he was going to stand in front of them like a naughty schoolboy , they were mistaken .
6 The unionists may say OK , but they would desert and rebel if they thought it was the beginning of a united Ireland . ’
7 If they thought it was that bad they would of picked it up on the M O T would n't they ?
8 They were in their early thirties , so 1 did not feel too out of place from the point of view of age , and at first no one took any notice of me , as if they thought I was just another mature student .
9 People would n't be so nice to me if they thought I was so lucky , but it 's fun to see their faces when I bring certain special ones back now and then . ’
10 Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order .
11 And the , this will appear by the end of November , and people will only have after this first council tax demands in March , they 've got to appeal if they think they 're in the wrong band .
12 Well he thinks the only way that modern will accept the rule of one person rather than another is if they think they 're somehow there as a result of their own action , so we 'll only accept the rule of erm our leaders if we think we put them there and we take them back again , we put them there and can recall them and this for Barry is the only merit that contemporary democratic policy democratic erm systems that it allows us to think of our rulers as having some legitimate claim to rule .
13 A new generation of canny investors who have inherited family fortunes will quickly switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal .
14 are quite prepared to be a minority of one if they think they are right
15 If they think they are being ripped off , the new strips wo n't sell . ’
16 Louisiana has a ‘ shoot the burglar ’ law , which allows householders to kill intruders if they think they are a threat to themselves or their families .
17 Well , if they think they are going to follow me into the Multivite/Singletons First Division when I take over at Titford Polymers , then they are going to be bloody disappointed .
18 And , and if they think they are n't going to get anything out of it , th this is their morality , it 's the morality of economics
19 As most mass-makers only seem capable of putting out variations on Fender and Ibanez neck and body shapes , and reproducing whatever colour 's ‘ hot ’ this season , they 're expecting a lot if they think we 're going to go that crazy about them .
20 Even if they think we 're mice .
21 ‘ People should know we are the body responsible for checking MOT test facilities in private garages and if they think something is wrong at a garage they should get in touch . ’
22 Management has decided that workers are still not ready to be pushed too far towards Japanese-style working methods , or as one assembly worker at Dagenham put it : ‘ If they think I 'm going to do physical jerks and sing the company song before I start my shift , they 've got another think coming . ’
23 If they think I 'm pretty , that 's nice , I 'm complimented ; but if they do n't think I am , I have n't put myself on the line .
24 Even if they think I 'm silly , I 'm not .
25 ‘ And I hardly will get to know them if they think I 'm there on some different basis to themselves , ’ she had said .
26 It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie .
27 ‘ Ah , but not if they think I 'm still in Berlin , ’ Devlin reminded him .
28 and if they think I 'm taking part in another they must be absolutely joking
29 They wo n't lay anyone a decent bet if they think he 's capable of backing a winner . ’
30 They will strive and fight for an end , even if they think there is only a small chance of success .
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