Example sentences of "think they be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 2 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 3 | Do you think they are being used " correctly " ? |
| 4 | I do n't think they 're been yet . |
| 5 | Do you think they 're being slapped down over dialect ? |
| 6 | Erm I must have gon na put yeah Do you think they 're being slapped down over dialect at school ? |
| 7 | Do you think they 're being too gloomy and do you think certain other people are being too euphoric ? |
| 8 | But even at a time when the church is under financial pressure , Father Robert Sweeney does n't think they 're being over extravagant . |
| 9 | Alan , I do n't think they 're being rude . |
| 10 | He thinks they 're being unfair . |
| 11 | Age Concern thinks they 're being bought up by elderly people who are worried about not being able to pay the VAT on their fuel bills . |
| 12 | After a time they used me as a courier : everybody else on the staff thought they were being watched . |
| 13 | I do n't know I think they 're been getting the majority they generally get . |
| 14 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 15 | People still wear flares and think they 're being groovy . |
| 16 | I think they 're being hoodwinked . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think they 're being watched in the hope that they 'll give something away . |
| 18 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
| 19 | I think they 're being selfish , they 've had their careers , so how about looking after the children and home , and giving youngsters a chance ! |
| 20 | Suppose they think they 're being a value or something cos they 're cheaper . |
| 21 | You 've probably all been in situation where you seen people zigzag across the road because they think they 're being followed the ladies will do it because she thinks a bloke is following her and the men are probably thinking does she think I 'm following her ? |
| 22 | I think they 're being irresponsible , I think we 're being responsible , and I make no apology er for borrowing when it 's for investment in our own future , that 's what intelligent companies do , it 's what an intelligent government should do . |
| 23 | like that and the think they 're being clever . |
| 24 | ‘ We think they are being shot for meat when they land in Afghanistan , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Scorn will heaped on the book by people who can not think of the countryside as anything other than a marketable resource , or those who think they are being environmentally perceptive because they call a gate a peripherial access point and a path a mountain access route . |
| 26 | If the brownies think they are being bribed , they will leave and never return . |
| 27 | A spokesman for the GGK agency which made the advert said : ‘ I think they are being over-sensitive . |
| 28 | ‘ If they think they are being ripped off , the new strips wo n't sell . ’ |
| 29 | Obviously assuming that his readers will be dealing with subjects to whom they are relative strangers , Labov points out some practical disadvantages of candid recording ; first of all , long-term access to a community is likely to be hindered if people think they are being spied on , and second , the quality of such recordings is often poor . |
| 30 | So no , I ca n't agree there , that there is erm unequality , they think they are being hard done by . |