Example sentences of "[pron] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 2 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 3 | They 're becoming even easier to pick up once delicensed nowadays , thanks to the invasion of the upstart Metrocabs , which drive like a Panzer , look like an undertaker 's second-best hearse and give the punters a ride which makes them think they 're in a telephone-box on castors . |
| 4 | no , makes them think they might come up do you want some porridge , mummy do you some porridge ? |
| 5 | Never let them think she knew they fancied her . |
| 6 | Making them think there was nothing they could n't do with their own lives , and other people 's . |
| 7 | To make them think there 's not a lot of work and that you know ? |
| 8 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 9 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 10 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 11 | He 's proud that Romeo & Juliet introduced children to both Shakespeare and Prokofiev ‘ in a way that makes them think it 's not culture and a bit boring and I wish I could go and watch Neighbours . ’ |
| 12 | And it 's always a good idea to let them think you 've got better enchantments in your armoury than you actually have , if you take my meaning , even if you have n't got any enchantments at all . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |
| 14 | The trick is to make them think you 're buying them from Harrods , not Woolworth 's at sale time . ) |
| 15 | ‘ You 're trying to make them think you 've been coming in to see me ? |
| 16 | Nor does anyone else , thought Sara ; why does everyone think they 're so unusual because they never forget a face ? |
| 17 | Why does everyone think I 'm food ! |
| 18 | Why did everyone think she could n't cope with hurt ? |
| 19 | The fact that they broke in but did n't take anything , and also that they were obviously professionals , makes me think they were looking for something specific . |
| 20 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 21 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 22 | Every forecast I have listened to makes me think we are unlikely to get any . ’ |
| 23 | The Mermaid is frequented by the local fishermen for breakfasts and lunches , which makes me think its fish must be the freshest . |
| 24 | else , let me think what else |
| 25 | was that the one where hang on let me think what it was , there 's some , there 's a it was , at Oxford College were n't it and one of them was trying to be a like high up in the church or something |
| 26 | Yet when I first came , you tried to make me think your position here was untenable . |
| 27 | And she 's kept trying and that 's what makes me think she 's got |
| 28 | But that just makes me think why , that 's what makes me think she 's living . |
| 29 | ‘ I lay down for a rest after lunch and was about to drift into sleep when there was a definite pop inside me , which made me think my waters had broken . |
| 30 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |