Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] think [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Michael stubbed out his cigarette , grinding it into the ashtray with such force Joe thought it would surely break . |
| 3 | ‘ Up you get , ’ he said with one of the changes of mood she found so devastating , and she wondered if that was one of the Sagittarian characteristics Myra thought she should explore . |
| 4 | Coronation Street 's Audrey has walked out on her husband Alf , but actress Sue Nicolls thinks she could be making a big mistake . |
| 5 | David Clark thought there might be some need for review while Adrian Bird felt that a blanket prohibition should only be a starting point which should be used in conjunction with local knowledge . |
| 6 | From the shape of the building Maggie thought it might be Ralston 's Fruitshop , but could n't be sure . |
| 7 | FEW foreign brokers in South Korea thought they would see profits in 1992 , the year in which South Korea inched open its stockmarket to outside investors . |
| 8 | ‘ Dr Connor thought it might help . |
| 9 | But Aunt Maureen thinks I should tell him straight away . ’ |
| 10 | Dr Spilsby thinks she will last a few weeks yet . ’ |
| 11 | Suppressed fury sparked flames in the woman 's catlike eyes , and for a second Shae thought she would storm out of the room . |
| 12 | The older woman 's face puckered and for a moment Ruth thought she might cry — which was unthinkable in Miss Beard . |
| 13 | For a terrible moment Shannon thought she would give way to tears , and knew it was because of his fury on her behalf . |
| 14 | For a moment Robert thought she might have had her feet bound , and then he realized that her problem was simply that her face-mask was now so in line with Islamic law that her field of vision was only about six inches to the left and right of her . |
| 15 | Senator Paddy McGowan thought it would be stupid of the VEC to get involved in ‘ this circus ’ which would be used by platform jumpers ‘ from hell to Connaught ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr. Bonanza thought it would be better for the young lady to be taken somewhere away from here , where she could rest and get well . ’ |
| 17 | Yet , despite the apparent damage that Phil Barlow thought he might do to himself , he did on the day the appointments were made , challenge several aspects of the interviews . |
| 18 | The more important reason for his elevation is that Mr Major thinks he must reassure the right that he has not gone soft . |
| 19 | For a moment Agnes thought he must have pulled a muscle , then giggled as she , and she alone , realised he had come close to spilling his holstered pistol . |
| 20 | However , when Dolly Howard thought she would peep through the curtains to see how her father was reacting to the nudes she found that she was the one who was shocked . |
| 21 | Mrs F thought it should all be intimate . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose Mrs C. thought I 'd be swilling it down like an alcoholic if she left it in the room . |
| 23 | Willis struggled to make his mark in a higher division and manager Brian Little thought he would benefit from a loan spell at Bradford . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Reverend Pinkerton thinks she 'll be readily accepted . |
| 26 | Diana said I looked ill , and needed a holiday at the seaside , but St John thought I ought to concentrate on more serious work , and gave me even more Hindustani exercises to do . |
| 27 | Lord St John thinks they will actually increase the security risk because the very visible opening of the gates will draw attention to the Prime Minister 's movements . |
| 28 | Lord Denning thought it should be shown : " … the public interest in receiving information about the drug Primodos and its effects far outweighs the private interest of the makers in preventing discussion of it . " |
| 29 | ‘ They 'll know all about you , of course , but Peter Jennings thinks they 'd rather have you out of the country than poking about up in the north . |
| 30 | Why Bob Geldof thinks you should read the New Internationalist |