Example sentences of "[n mass] think [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 12% think that they are public property and therefore the press should be able to take photographs of them at any time . |
| 2 | ‘ The English people think that they are free , but in this belief they are profoundly wrong . |
| 3 | All of Gabriel 's people think that they know everything . |
| 4 | A lot of people think that they 're housewives and they 're cabbages ; I do n't like to think I 'm only a housewife … |
| 5 | Most people think that they 're being stupid if they have to ask a question they think that everyone else is n't probably thinking the same thing . |
| 6 | the people think that they can do it undisturbed . |
| 7 | People think that her half-brother sent the man to get money from her , and that he shared the profits . |
| 8 | It promotes the idea both in this country and abroad that we should consume British food , but some people think that what Food From Britain does is enough and that the rest will follow . |
| 9 | Sometimes , though , we can be so afraid of what other people think that we shut up rather than speak up . |
| 10 | The trouble is , some people think that we still have elephants walking on the streets in South Africa , and do n't possess proper watches . ’ |
| 11 | Er , one of the paradoxes of the modern era as er , pointed out by Tom Peters , not by me , one of the few things I do not claim original thought on , erm , is , is that it 's not that we , people think that we do n't have enough information at our fingertips and are constantly striving to gather more and more , the opposite is actually true . |
| 12 | Some people think that it is useful to hold the stick back during the early part of the ground run , until sufficient speed has been reached to ensure good rudder control . |
| 13 | Some people think that it already has . |
| 14 | Some people think that it goes too far , but I do n't see that it does , do you ? " |
| 15 | ‘ People think that you do n't need wood for a cremation , — the spokesman told New ’ Scientist , ‘ but you do , because bones are very difficult to burn , as that chap in North London found out . |
| 16 | Now , most people think that you were a fish wife because you were married to a fisherman that had nothing to do with it ! |
| 17 | And people think that you work when you like , when it fits in , like , with homework , but I have to work every minute to make enough to make it worthwhile . ’ |
| 18 | But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing . |
| 19 | But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing . |
| 20 | But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing . |
| 21 | ‘ If some people think that I live in a void , as you put it , ’ said the poet on television , ‘ perhaps that tells us more about them than about me . |
| 22 | People think that there is a special barrier here to the application of biological models , I believe , because they take ‘ altruism ’ , in a ‘ properly moral ’ sense , to refer to some quite peculiarly pure motive , such as the intention to benefit others derived from impartial reflection on their interests and associated with no other desire whatsoever . |
| 23 | Most people think if it , if it 's , if it 's real at all it 's er it 's much less important than weight . |
| 24 | People think if you 're small , you 're there to be downtrodden , and they have a stack of prejudices about all the other things that I happen to be . |
| 25 | really I mean what you 're almost sort of presiding over is a sort of steady decline , really , but on the other hand I think some people think if you can make that as erm as sort of dignified as you can and actually give them sort of support when they actually need it , |
| 26 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 27 | A lot of people think because you 've got four sockets you can bang four pieces of apparatus . |
| 28 | 46% think there are too many while 45% think that there are the right number . |