Example sentences of "think they can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Now they think they can cure the defective gene in the lungs . |
| 3 | The young regulars come to a station and they think they can tell a reserve man what to do . |
| 4 | ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on . |
| 5 | Think they can handle it , that is . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I think they can score the two goals they need , but whether their often naive defence can prevent Spartak Moscow from spoiling the party remains to be seen . |
| 8 | That 's why er people who come to our company and then after a year or so think they can go away and do this on their own , ca n't do it . |
| 9 | if you leave them in the pile fair enough and I think they can go to archive , but please can you re-title the contents page and the pages cos they 're not interview data it 's count data , er I would of thought by now Scott knew the difference between interview and account |
| 10 | I would n't worry , I think they can sort it out . |
| 11 | ‘ If the IRA think they can pass on their responsibility for this terrible act by issuing such a nonsensical statement , then they have sadly underestimated the understanding of the British public . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They think they can distribute pamphlets and gold and a vast army of monarchists will materialize overnight . |
| 14 | I bet they think they can waltz home . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 16 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |
| 17 | People now think they can make it and are giving that little bit extra necessary … the girls as well as the boys . ’ |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | ‘ You mean the Khans think they can control him , ’ Alexei said . |
| 20 | Ask the children if they think they can walk through a postcard . |
| 21 | I do n't know whether people think they can move a dust extract in an hour or two hours . |
| 22 | I do n't like artists who think they can scold the rest of the world , but this show will certainly include historic material . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want . |
| 25 | We have done so because we think they can do it better than anyone else . |
| 26 | And I think they can do quite a bit on that . |
| 27 | It is something which the learner craves even if teachers think they can do without it . |
| 28 | John Gorman says … they still believe in themselves and still think they can do it but they need to get a result … |
| 29 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 30 | They think they can beat me . |