Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | Parents think they can remember and so do teachers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It seems that some designers of upright cookers think they can get away with dowdy styling and primitive features . |
| 8 | Those new-age prats think they can flush me out with a bit of colonic irrigation . |
| 9 | It is something which the learner craves even if teachers think they can do without it . |
| 10 | If users think they can run the same applications on Solaris , Destiny and Open Desktop then they 'll buy a desktop Unix client . |
| 11 | Police think it could 've been just a dirty night out . |
| 12 | Detectives think they might have uncovered an IRA Christmas bombing campaign . |
| 13 | Detectives think someone may have seen the bombers as they were planting the devices . |
| 14 | The programme ended with a complete performance of the ballet as the historians think it must have looked on that epochal occasion . |
| 15 | ‘ This sort of thing is happening more and more because the criminals think they can get away with it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But , despite that , estate agents think it could make the ideal restaurant . |
| 18 | His current team mates think he 'll go on forever . |
| 19 | And the adults with whom they interact must continue to be interested in what they have to say , more concerned to answer questions and to sustain and extend their interests than to tell them what the adults think they ought to know and then to check that they can remember what they were told ( Wood , 1983 ) . |
| 20 | Another thing , is the way others think they can have free copies . |
| 21 | Most bosses think they can run virtually anything ; Hanson is far more modest . |
| 22 | But some Tories think he might get more than he has bargained for . |