Example sentences of "think [pers pn] be [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would glower at me over his jowls and tease with expressions like , ‘ Thinks she 's china and she 's pot-mould , ’ or , ‘ Thinks she 's a race-horse and she 's a pit-pony . ’ |
| 2 | He must have thought he was dog cos you see him sniffing round . |
| 3 | Yeah but you could think they were brother and you know . |
| 4 | got these little beetles in her flat and she thinks they 're cockroaches and she 's absolutely having a freak out . |
| 5 | He used to make the black and whites and the black coats with a silk stripe ; and I quite thought they were costermongers until I went to help a friend of mine — she kept a public house — and I met quite a lot of them there . |
| 6 | Yes they look like erm yeah I thought they were gourds when I first saw them . |
| 7 | Oh well i somewhere ne I thought it were Scunthorpe but it 's not Scunthorpe it 's Newark it 's up |
| 8 | The rocket motor was on and you were speeding up — you were accelerating , and you thought it was gravity because there was no way to tell them apart . ’ |
| 9 | Lightning flashed across her vision and she thought it was concussion but it was the pilot putting on his cabin-lights . |
| 10 | Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat . |
| 11 | We just sat there , we thought it was Christmas so we took a |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , I thought it was Canada where you studied . ’ |
| 13 | Well do you think it 's time that you started taking time off in lieu ? |
| 14 | People thinks it 's sciatica but it 's in , begin with that but it 's a funny name . |
| 15 | ‘ They seem to think we are troublemakers but we have women , children and people over 70 years of age . ’ |
| 16 | I think it I think they 're thickies and they 'll wan na read something else ! |
| 17 | I think he is security cos he 's been in a couple of times has n't he ? |
| 18 | I think it 's proof that they 're and well written . |
| 19 | I think it 's whisky or summat , so I say no thank you . |
| 20 | Before starting comrades I think it 's time that we nailed a couple of lies that are being put about , about this union and other trade unions . |
| 21 | I think it 's Hattie cos he keeps gawping at her . |
| 22 | Every time he buys me something I think it is proof that he 's not going to kill me or do anything else unpleasant . |
| 23 | Erm we 've we 've actually developed social housing really rather as it 's been an opportunity we 've grabbed it and we 've done it , you know , some of it 's been very very good an and nobody 's knocking that but I think it is time that we took stock and actually had a a proper policy and a proper strategy on sa on social housing . |
| 24 | I think it was Philip or something . |