Example sentences of "and [conj] they think " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought that one of the most interesting things about the Manson case was how they thought that The Beatles were talking to them , and that they thought The Beatles were the four horsemen of the apocalypse mentioned in the Bible . |
| 3 | Couns Williams and Dixon confirmed that their view of Mr Major 's achievements and thoughts for the future differed from his , that they would not be sending donations and that they thought it was a complete cock-up . |
| 4 | noticing that they were n't they get , I suppose you get to know who has what and that they thought |
| 5 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
| 6 | Well this was a Manpower Board that came round and they was inspecting erm what people were doing in the particular factory at and if they thought you 'd be more useful somewhere else then they 'd direct you to another factory . |
| 7 | I was only going to say , Chair , that before my time in local government , that I 've mine as an observer each side , er , there was no problem for local authorities to raise a rate , er , there was no restrictions on this , and if they thought they could get away with it politically , they did , and they provided the services , that , that they believed people wanted . |
| 8 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 9 | And if they think your problem needs sorting out by a doctor , they will recommend that you go to see one . |
| 10 | And , and if they think they are n't going to get anything out of it , th this is their morality , it 's the morality of economics |
| 11 | ‘ And if they think that , then it makes sense to assume they 're trying to get to me by hurting you . ’ |
| 12 | but if they get the upper hand , and if they think they can start er dictating , then they will , alright ? |
| 13 | And if they think that it suits them to shift a factory to the Philippines because there wo n't be an inspection there , that 's what they 'll do . |
| 14 | And if they think that they they can help you out with that that extra half page to get four pages |
| 15 | ‘ People should know we are the body responsible for checking MOT test facilities in private garages and if they think something is wrong at a garage they should get in touch . ’ |
| 16 | and if they think I 'm taking part in another they must be absolutely joking |
| 17 | And unless they thought Nina had put her in charge , she would not be able to get things done the way she wanted . |
| 18 | The government put this here after ‘ Forty-six because they wanted one spot of safety in a wilderness of hatred , and because they thought they might as well get some good of this country once they 'd ruined it . |
| 19 | They said they had come to Britain because they did not need a visa and because they thought it was a free country . |
| 20 | The chimes of bells which stood in every district of the city were being rung as they sat down — both because the ringers had been amply bribed and because they thought it politic to honour Artai and his chief supporter — and a small orchestra of trumpets and tambours had been hired by a steward and was accommodated in the yard , so that Burun 's speech of welcome to his guests , as well as their affable replies , were conducted with much opening and shutting of mouths and a deal of dumb show . |
| 21 | And er the masters used to humiliate them to break them down you see and when they thought they were broken down enough |
| 22 | Many parents can not identify who wins these battles and when they think about it carefully admit that in reality the child mostly wins . |
| 23 | Many disabled people believe that encouraging a disability culture can only reinforce negative images of ‘ disability ’ — that is , they have not questioned the tragedy view of disability and when they think of a disability culture they assume that this must mean art forms which only present the negative side of disabled living . |
| 24 | Yet what they seem satisfied with is that they initiate contact with the lawyer , and not the other way round , as and when they think he or she is needed . |
| 25 | As humans believe , so also do they think , and as they think , so ultimately do they act . |