Example sentences of "they think [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 2 | well they think they 'll pull the plug on it |
| 3 | He will he will establish from certain facts how many they they think they 'll need for us to print . |
| 4 | One local resident commented at the time , ‘ Possibly this area may have been picked because they think they might meet least resistance from a depopulated area ’ . |
| 5 | In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards . |
| 6 | With very young children , their contributions may be limited to saying in general what they think they would like and in colouring the cards . |
| 7 | ‘ Remember , people see what they think they should see . ’ |
| 8 | Fish which respond to herbal treatment are not doing so because they think they should get better . |
| 9 | Something they think they could match easily ? ’ |
| 10 | Right , well perhaps I , perhaps people could as actually come and speak to me afterwards , if they , if they think they could help at all , that 's International Women 's Day and all the local organisations have been asked to take part |
| 11 | They think they 'd have your bags . |
| 12 | But now they do er twenty minutes they think they 'd have done wonders ! |
| 13 | They think they can distribute pamphlets and gold and a vast army of monarchists will materialize overnight . |
| 14 | They think they can rule the world , well , to be fair , they probably could , only it 's as well if you do n't let them know it . |
| 15 | " If they think they can discover the lost vein , or by driving a new level find a fresh one , they will do one or the other for their own advantage " . |
| 16 | The young regulars come to a station and they think they can tell a reserve man what to do . |
| 17 | ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on . |
| 18 | but if they get the upper hand , and if they think they can start er dictating , then they will , alright ? |
| 19 | ‘ If they think they can set up a squad at three months ’ notice , they 're sadly mistaken . |
| 20 | Now they think they can cure the defective gene in the lungs . |
| 21 | They think they can beat me . |
| 22 | I bet they think they can waltz home . ’ |
| 23 | Ask the children if they think they can walk through a postcard . |
| 24 | And that 's hampering the whole development process because it 's high , high wages , high wages creates migration and the whole resource allocation reflects in the economies er are disrupted and because people are moving out of agriculture because they ca n't make any money from agriculture they think they can make some money in industry like agriculture itself is being starved of capital and er so it hampers the development process , I mean it 's a complicated business but er there may well be some , some sort of strands of sense that we can draw out of this , one of which may be well if the government sectors are too large in these countries essentially it does n't matter who owns these companies whether it 's , they were privately owned or government , erm if they are inefficient they are inefficient |
| 25 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 26 | Probably they think they can catch him . ’ |
| 27 | They think they can produce a better result than the professionals and they are right . |
| 28 | I think he was certainly mixed up in the beastly business of getting into England some of those unhappy Asians who pay through the nose either because they 're desperate to join relatives , or because they think they can find work here . |
| 29 | If I can tell you that some of the the erm what I would call direct sales people have said they think they can sell advertising and are now in another direction or still resting |
| 30 | But they think they can run everything from Detroit and that 's the way the organisation is going to be restructured . |