Example sentences of "they think she [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what , he thought , as he closed the door behind him , did they think she might have been saying ? |
| 2 | They thought she might be having a baby , and if she really wanted to hurt them she could tell them she might be . |
| 3 | They thought she may have been sleep walking . |
| 4 | They — whoever they were — had underestimated her if they thought she could be cowed into submission by threats and violence . |
| 5 | It transpired the reason why I was put on the works was because there was another woman on the works with the same surname who 'd gone to Holloway for her appeal and they thought she 'd come back and had got us mixed up . |
| 6 | in actual fact , because they thought she 'd be better out of the way , had the baby last night ? |
| 7 | They thought she must be daft . ’ |
| 8 | Secondly were Mrs White 's brother and sister-in-law who were reported earlier as saying at second interview that they thought she should remain at home ‘ if things keep as they 're going now , and she gets the services she 's getting ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ But she was very brave and amazed the doctors by doing things when they thought she should have been dead long ago . ’ |
| 10 | A woman in France whose surname begins with V. They think she may know something . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps they think she can take it because she 's an interviewer herself . ’ |