Example sentences of "[noun] think [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly true of the company puff wanted because the chairman thinks he should run an advertisement which says no more than " we are jolly good fellows " . |
| 2 | Further at this point , the writer thinks it may be expedient to include a paragraph on the subject of human ability to acquire and retain a faith , or religion . |
| 3 | When they were swanning around looking pretty , our families were working their fingers to the bone for virtually nothing and now Miss High-and-Mighty thinks we should admire them . |
| 4 | Hawking thinks it can go either way but we will never know . |
| 5 | Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it . |
| 6 | So , given things being the way they are , who 's to say they 're the loonies because they do n't do things the way Joe Punter thinks they ought to be done ? |
| 7 | This same recipe provides an instructive example of the way in which Dr de Pomiane thinks we should go to work improving a primitive dish to our own taste while preserving its character intact . |
| 8 | Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well |
| 9 | It simply shows that he wo n't adapt — and this again is very unusual — to the demands of different people or circumstances , that he wo n't say what some journalist thinks he should say , that Roger and Kris are wonderful and lovely and it would be a privilege to run with them . |
| 10 | The lawyer thinks it 'll be a sensational case , and I 'm sure he 's right . |
| 11 | According to the opinion polls , 60% of the electorate thinks he should have gone last August . |
| 12 | In addition to the mycoplasma , Taylor-Robinson thinks he may have found a new anaerobic bacterium ( one that can not live in the presence of oxygen ) which also seems to be associated with NGU . |
| 13 | Matsushita Electric thinks you should be the one to decide . |
| 14 | Radji thinks he ought to go back to Teheran so as not to be lumped with the more infamous of the Shahs associates " in peoples minds . |
| 15 | The adoption should n't affect her , they should n't take her into account , but Kegan thinks they might want her token agreement , so I 've got to handle this right . |
| 16 | I suppose it was this that made Richard think I could not manage Flora 's job . |
| 17 | Sue thinks someone must have loved me as Pete loves her . |
| 18 | ‘ Perks thinks they 'll go along beside the railway line . |
| 19 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 20 | Fourthly , it was pointed out sensibly in Littlewoods by both Lord Denning MR and Megaw LJ that a clause made " inter rusticos " ( ie without legal help on either side ) can be properly construed in the light of the way in which both parties thought it would be likely to be interpreted . |
| 21 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 22 | Dot thought it must be tea . |
| 23 | A mini psychopath , I thought , and maybe not so mini , at that , if Xanthe thought he should be in jail . |
| 24 | Dana thought everyone should do just as she wanted , and why not ? |
| 25 | Alcuin thought he might be employed in making peace , but the fact that he found it necessary to protest that he had never been disloyal to Offa suggests that his allegiances were being called into question . |
| 26 | While political consistency can be over-rated as a virtue — Ted Heath being an example of what happens to a politician whose mind remains fixed while the world moves by him — the rapidity with which Kinnock changed position may have damaged him more than his supporters thought it would . |
| 27 | Donna thought she would need more than hot , soapy water to remove the accumulated grime . |
| 28 | Johnny thought he could probably find out . |
| 29 | ‘ Richard thought it might be a good idea if I wrote an article for The Guardian . ’ |
| 30 | Molly thought it would do in the morning , and then she said , ‘ Was it Mr Kettering who left the dog with you ? ’ |