Example sentences of "they think [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on . |
| 2 | They think they can beat me . |
| 3 | Probably they think they can catch him . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps they think she can take it because she 's an interviewer herself . ’ |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | someone going on about how they think you should understand it . |
| 7 | 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 . |