Example sentences of "we think we [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought we had something more to offer in all those areas than the existing houses , and also more to offer our staff . |
| 2 | For I remember us doing a flipping er a family came to Wyre once and we were on the same old coble we were er doing the flipping and we thought we had nothing to do but take the rope off their heads and push them over the side of the coble onto the side of the small jetty . |
| 3 | We thought we wished we 'd left earlier now . |
| 4 | We thought we heard their high-pitched whistles at times but , knowing that the mynahs on Praslin mimic the parrots accurately , we could n't be sure . |
| 5 | We thought we knew no-one in this part of the country , but I had a hazy recollection that our English Department secretary at Vic. , Pat Lawn , had retired with husband Ken to this area . |
| 6 | As experienced dog owners we thought we knew what to expect at first — a little mess , some chewing , a bit of a handful . |
| 7 | ‘ We thought we lost you , man . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We think we know what certain words mean , but the assumption can be dangerous . |
| 10 | We think we know what the teachers need and that we can give it to them . |
| 11 | We think we know who we are , though we do n't quite know why we 're here , or how long we shall be forced to stay . |
| 12 | We think we know it all now , and banish |
| 13 | We think we serve our shareholders best if we think long-term . |
| 14 | What do we already do well that the National Curriculum planners have neglected — remembering that if we think we do something well we need to be able to look closely , give reasons , describe in detail . |
| 15 | We think we do it better . |
| 16 | However , we think we have plenty to offer you . |
| 17 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 18 | We think we understand it . |