Example sentences of "[noun] think [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Lib Dems think THEY can take North East because they beat the Tories soundly in the local council elections last year . |
| 2 | Too many drivers think they can wind down the window , sing a song , have a conversation and it 'll go away , but I 'm afraid it does n't . |
| 3 | ‘ I am very upset that the council think they can get away with sending out a liability order before magistrates have even considered the case , ’ said Mr Jones , a part-time council security man for over five years . |
| 4 | Parents think they can remember and so do teachers . |
| 5 | Hampshire think they may lose up to a quarter of their membership when Dean Park goes after this season . |
| 6 | The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience . |
| 7 | Corps think he 'll try a really big push as soon as the rain stops . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You mean the Khans think they can control him , ’ Alexei said . |
| 9 | Did n't for a moment think you 'd want them out of your sight . |
| 10 | Thus when the officials think they must do something to stimulate tourism , plant trees or preserve the countryside , instead of acting themselves , they float a tourist board , a forestry commission or a countryside commission . |
| 11 | Many businesses think they can do nothing to protect themselves — but Barclays offers well-proven ways to limit damage which no business can afford to ignore . |
| 12 | Ronny knows this and i think he will play his football in Norway — where is visible to the national team coach and is 100% sure of not sitting on the bench . |
| 13 | I guess Frank will get another shot in the team — and i think he will get at least one half in the single attacker role . |
| 14 | It seems that some designers of upright cookers think they can get away with dowdy styling and primitive features . |
| 15 | Those new-age prats think they can flush me out with a bit of colonic irrigation . |
| 16 | Right , now that 's what a decimal is a decimal is , that 's what a decimal is , and there are some people think we should write them like this , or you could n't , you could n't do this . |
| 17 | people think they ought to do something for you . |
| 18 | Parochial self-interest — People think they will lose something of value as a result . |
| 19 | I do n't know whether people think they can move a dust extract in an hour or two hours . |
| 20 | People think they can spend them anywhere and they can not . ’ |
| 21 | Then next day people think you should have things they have n't seen before . |
| 22 | I do n't quite understand how the government think they 'll keep getting away with this . |
| 23 | It is something which the learner craves even if teachers think they can do without it . |
| 24 | If users think they can run the same applications on Solaris , Destiny and Open Desktop then they 'll buy a desktop Unix client . |
| 25 | Police think it could 've been just a dirty night out . |
| 26 | Detectives think they might have uncovered an IRA Christmas bombing campaign . |
| 27 | Detectives think someone may have seen the bombers as they were planting the devices . |
| 28 | The programme ended with a complete performance of the ballet as the historians think it must have looked on that epochal occasion . |
| 29 | ‘ This sort of thing is happening more and more because the criminals think they can get away with it . |
| 30 | A couple of guys think they can stake it out and wait for me , rub their filthy fingers on my clothes , piss in my bathroom , and I 'm supposed to ignore it . |