Example sentences of "thinks [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merit goods ( bads ) are goods that society thinks everyone ought to have ( ought not to have ) regardless of whether they are wanted by each individual . |
| 2 | Sue thinks someone must have loved me as Pete loves her . |
| 3 | ‘ He thinks I wo n't remember my lines , ’ thought Gabriel , ‘ or that I 'll rush them like I did last time . |
| 4 | ‘ This is for everyone who thinks I ca n't play , ’ Levi said into a CBS camera after nailing a 3-iron into the last green to ensure his two-stroke victory . |
| 5 | ‘ She thinks I would n't be too much competition for her , ’ she said , ‘ because she thinks you 're not very much in love with me . ’ |
| 6 | All three of us are grinning like it 's an idiot 's birthday party , but she keeps an eye on me like she thinks I may have a relapse any minute . |
| 7 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 8 | She thinks I might be pregnant ! |
| 9 | ‘ My wife thinks I might be risking all my credibility by coming back and that I might not get another job in football . |
| 10 | ‘ Ask him if he thinks I might visit Mr Conchis . ’ |
| 11 | He thinks I might be able to lend a hand . ’ |
| 12 | Lorrimer thinks I ought never to have been promoted . |
| 13 | Christmas is coming and he thinks I ought to know about some little joints called Tiffany 's and Bloomingdale 's . |
| 14 | Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd like to play a role in the Lords sometime but I 'll have to wait and see if anyone thinks I 'd be useful there now . ’ |
| 16 | He thinks I should phone the hospital and discuss it while he has his breakfast . |
| 17 | I do n't want readers getting the wrong idea about this letter , but the compulsion to write came on seeing people like Jeff Young , who thinks I Should Be So Lucky is a good song ( well , it probably is , if you 're 10 years old ) ; Norman Jay , who does n't want bands to get in touch if all they want is a record deal ; Mick Clarke , who ‘ wants people to tell him what he 's listening to is good ’ , then only signs people he likes , etc . |
| 18 | The work with patients who had the delusion of being watched , and who spoke of the watcher as another person in terms like the following : ‘ He is waiting for me to go now ’ , or ‘ He thinks I should do such and such ’ , had first led Freud to suggest that a part of a person 's ego can keep watch over another part . |
| 19 | So he thinks I should do you because he despises me , too , and he thinks I 'm God 's scum . |
| 20 | She 's feeling what she thinks I should feel and she 's living my life . |
| 21 | They walked in silence for a few moments then Chris said , ‘ Maureen thinks I should hate Beryl . |
| 22 | I know the gentleman here thinks I should n't blame the E C for everything , but erm |
| 23 | ( Now the chaplain thinks I should have sprung at him . |
| 24 | Someone thinks I should pay them ten thousand pounds . |
| 25 | But Aunt Maureen thinks I should tell him straight away . ’ |
| 26 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 27 | I 'll pu I 'll nip down to see Pat and ask Pat what she thinks I should do . |
| 28 | My teacher thinks I should get an A or a B in it . |
| 29 | she thinks I should do it , you know |
| 30 | I think truly , he thinks I must be in love with him , and he does n't want to complicate things . " |