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

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1 ‘ The English people think that they are free , but in this belief they are profoundly wrong .
2 A lot of people think that they 're housewives and they 're cabbages ; I do n't like to think I 'm only a housewife …
3 Most people think that they 're being stupid if they have to ask a question they think that everyone else is n't probably thinking the same thing .
4 Some people think that it is useful to hold the stick back during the early part of the ground run , until sufficient speed has been reached to ensure good rudder control .
5 But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing .
6 But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing .
7 But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing .
8 Now , most people think that you were a fish wife because you were married to a fisherman that had nothing to do with it !
9 People think that there is a special barrier here to the application of biological models , I believe , because they take ‘ altruism ’ , in a ‘ properly moral ’ sense , to refer to some quite peculiarly pure motive , such as the intention to benefit others derived from impartial reflection on their interests and associated with no other desire whatsoever .
10 People think if you 're small , you 're there to be downtrodden , and they have a stack of prejudices about all the other things that I happen to be .
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