Example sentences of "[pron] think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He occasionally drops a phrase to provoke a smile from the soft cheeks of ladies and gentlemen , and to make them think that they could say the thing better … |
| 2 | They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that discussion reaches the ear will be to make them think that some new law can make them comfortable … — that Government has at its disposal an inexhaustible fund out of which it can give to those who now want without also creating elsewhere other and greater wants . |
| 3 | As a result , I reacted in front of the jury in a way which may have made them think that , in fact , the defence had nothing to lose by disclosure of the statement . |
| 4 | He let everyone think that he was calling from his own area , and not from the middle of their territory . |
| 5 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 6 | Like when someone says that the records you love are just plastic junk and they are the sort of people who read and rake in all that shit in the daily papers , then it makes me think that my daily intake of media is far superior to theirs . |
| 7 | These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked . |
| 8 | What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race . |
| 9 | Running my eyes down the contents list of volume three , however , makes me think that I am about to encounter uncharted waters , featuring as it does sequencing , the MIDI studio and something called SMPTE … |
| 10 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |
| 11 | And if that is so , then I revert to the considerations already stated which as a matter of construction make me think that it did so legislate . |
| 12 | It deliberately switched off its mind to me , to make me think that it had died . ’ |
| 13 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 14 | Letting me think that you slept with so many men you did n't have the first idea who the father was ! ’ |
| 15 | Carol began to sing a very rude version of ‘ Pretty Flamingo ’ which made me think that the stories of graffiti in ladies loos were all true . |
| 16 | Armstrong zipped through the City with more than usual aplomb , which made me think that Duncan the Drunken had given him a tuning . |
| 17 | It also made me think that perhaps I had more control over the whole presentation generally which is my biggest concern so get up there and just do some and therefore it 's going to go on to the confidence side of it . |
| 18 | How could you go on letting me think that they were true ? ’ |
| 19 | It was built before the war , and I have a Shanks loo , which makes me think that the British must have had a hand in building it . |
| 20 | Yeah , but then you , that impression made me think that all , it 's all South Africa , which , which was why |
| 21 | Everyone thinks that an English Rose complexion is nice but I 'd love to have olive skin . |
| 22 | ‘ Everyone thinks that I rule Artai . |
| 23 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 24 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 25 | Nor do I think that there are at the moment Committees which cause unnecessary work . ’ |
| 26 | Nor do I think that it is disgraceful if two men of a loving disposition should set up home together . |
| 27 | Did I think that under my house the gas lid from the propane tank had fractured , that gas was accumulating , that the pilot light was on ? |
| 28 | I shall not attempt to enumerate them all here , nor do I think that feminism should accept any of them uncritically . |
| 29 | Little did I think that the one-time pretty young copy typist would end up bellowing in my ear . |
| 30 | Nor do I think that Mr. O'Brien thought for a moment that he was acting as the bank 's agent . |