Example sentences of "[pron] think they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | no , makes them think they might come up do you want some porridge , mummy do you some porridge ? |
| 3 | Nor does anyone else , thought Sara ; why does everyone think they 're so unusual because they never forget a face ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Everyone thinks they are beautiful . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It boggles my mind that everyone thinks they can pull the wool over the eyes of a company that 's had 30 years experience in dicking rock bands . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's always fascinating to re-examine someone everyone thinks they know . |
| 9 | If everyone thinks they can make money out of bargain books , let them . ’ |
| 10 | An exhibitor 's put an exhibit up and everyone thinks they can beat it but when they 've gone and left their the exhibitors gone back and put a new lot up … things like that happen . |
| 11 | But it 's everybody , everyone thinks they 're ugly do n't they ? |
| 12 | I think with twins - even if they 're not nice looking just the fact there 's two of them everyone thinks they 're wonderful because there 's two of them . |
| 13 | Just as we are on the way out of the desert , it would be plain daft to turn back because someone thinks they have seen a hazy mirage on the horizon . ’ |
| 14 | If someone thinks they could raise that future flow , they will pay more for the firm . |
| 15 | In this instance , John and his buddies will be happy that their ‘ expert knowledge ’ and status has been publicly recognised , and the bulk of the audience who know nothing about the marketing concept are flattered that someone thinks they know something about it . |
| 16 | Nor do I think they will be able to charge anything like the premium they used to ; in fact , it 's debatable whether they 'll be able to charge a premium at all . ’ |
| 17 | Did I think they were my flowers ? |
| 18 | I feel neither shame or embarrassment at my feelings , not do I think they should be ignored . |
| 19 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
| 20 | Well you ca n't I think they 've run out . |
| 21 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 22 | [ There were ] several reasons for it : one of them was I thought they were too much alike . |
| 23 | The reason I joined was I thought they were going to get more money for me , not take it away . ’ |
| 24 | I thought them extraordinary Performances for a Girl of her Age , and one that had so little Advantage ( or rather none at all ) either from Books or Conversation : But my bad State of Health prevented me from making any further Enquiry concerning this young Genius , till about fourteen Months before her Death , when I was first inform 'd she had wrote a Tragedy . |
| 25 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 26 | Kate had lost a husband and Charles a daughter — the only child of her father and he a widower — and I thought them more worthy of compassion . |
| 27 | They were what were then called ‘ buxom young women ’ and I thought them very pretty . |
| 28 | I thought them beautiful , but they clearly alarmed Mr Singh who was not used to my wife 's Celtic colouring . |
| 29 | I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought them not too bad at the time . |