Example sentences of "they think [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they think they can get it up to fifteen ? |
| 2 | Ten teams took part in the first race in 1975 , and they all enjoyed themselves so they thought they would do it again the following year . |
| 3 | Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning . |
| 4 | I had thought that builders built houses when they thought they thought they could sell them , I did n't realize it was part of some altruistic policy of complying with planning policy , still we learn everything every day , do n't we ? |
| 5 | Erm , I came down and explained what the nature was , what you wanted to be done , you did n't really explain why and how important that our was , which I felt , that he said what he needing doing , he said what resources he had , and he said that , he did n't really set tasks erm , but he did ask them what they thought they should do you know . |
| 6 | So they thought they 'd have it checked out ? |
| 7 | Maybe they thought you 'd join them . |
| 8 | Why should Billy 's Action Man friends take it out on him — unless they thought he 'd set them up ? ’ |
| 9 | The Gardai said they thought he 'd identify them . |
| 10 | They thought it would stop us did n't they ? |
| 11 | ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on . |
| 12 | They think they can beat me . |
| 13 | Probably they think they can catch him . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps they think she can take it because she 's an interviewer herself . ’ |
| 15 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 16 | someone going on about how they think you should understand it . |
| 17 | Although he clearly wants to walk off the boat , the ambulance crew scramble on board and clamp him onto a stretcher , so firmly that I wonder if they think he might punch them . |