Example sentences of "if [noun prp] think [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 If Offa thought he could attempt ‘ to deal on equal terms ’ with Charlemagne , therefore , he was mistaken , and the likelihood is that the Frankish court had come to view his ascendancy in southern England with misgivings , destroying as it had done the traditional shape of political power in the south-east .
2 A mini psychopath , I thought , and maybe not so mini , at that , if Xanthe thought he should be in jail .
3 If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’
4 I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity .
5 If Felipe thought she would take the husband off his hands while he amused himself with Candace he was very much mistaken !
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