Example sentences of "think they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like the star chefs , like the film directors who think they make films single-handed , it was a world of overblown egos in which someone like Dennis — and , goddamn it , he had known some tribulations in his day ! — could forget or , worse , overlook the common decencies of humanity . |
| 2 | ‘ I think they make the boys work too hard , you see , and I ca n't do anything about it . |
| 3 | ‘ I think they make them work too hard , ’ said Camille . |
| 4 | But I think they make a bit idle because they knew what they knew what I w You know I was able to serve the what they wanted is n't it . |
| 5 | I think they make a very good couple . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , I think they make , I can |
| 7 | But I think they take things too far , giving up everything — it is silly , there is no need for it . |
| 8 | But I said Cheryl if we do sell these tickets to whoever and they think they round yours , I said they can , you know what she said no I do n't want anyone else , I said that 's fair enough . |
| 9 | Did you notice how their attacker with long hair seemed to crouch down and try to catch the ball every time a ball came near , Fairclough was excellent at marking him , I think they wore the same pair of shorts ! |
| 10 | The Americans think they constructed the canal — and the lasting folk memory of that achievement in the United States provides much of the emotional underpinning that sustains the American anti-Noriega hysteria — but it was actually built by black workers from the Caribbean . |
| 11 | But not only is it a way of classifying policemen and women : the term is also used to criticize those outsiders who think they know something about policing , such as lawyers , academics , researchers , and journalists ; it is also a self-appellation of praise . |
| 12 | The basic premise is that they think they know better than anyone else . |
| 13 | And for those who think they know nothing about building and are turned off by the sight of rotting wood , then perhaps this will help to change their attitude . |
| 14 | ‘ There are signs saying not to feed us , but they always think they know better . |
| 15 | When they think they know , they can ask one of their friends and , as soon as they guess correctly , they sit down and watch the fun as the others seek out their own identity . |
| 16 | Sugar are a king hell rock band and I think they know it . |
| 17 | People only think they know things . |
| 18 | ‘ Most women think they know their husbands , but I do n't believe you know anybody that well . ’ |
| 19 | Other people 's assessments of us are usually based on what they think they know about us . |
| 20 | I think they know less than they think . |
| 21 | There are too many people among them who think they know it all ’ . |
| 22 | Now that is n't easy actually , because you know , the practitioner 's think they know best and they actually quite resent , you know , the young Policy Officer 's coming in and saying let's do it this way , shall we ? |
| 23 | Often clients think they know best and have the trade publication editor to lunch or ring him up with titbits and gossip . |
| 24 | Native speakers of English all think they know , but almost any two will differ somewhat in their usage and idiom . |
| 25 | Once again I have attracted the wrath of many supporters who think they know more about football than the eleven ‘ Stiffs ’ they profess to follow . |
| 26 | ‘ Schmidt — and one or two of his people — think they know about the sniper . |
| 27 | ‘ Time and again I 've warned them , but they think they know best . |
| 28 | On the way home he said , ‘ These sincere men think they know what to do for the black man . |
| 29 | 6 Do n't call on individuals until you think they know correct answer . |
| 30 | ‘ I think they know what 's to be done , Mrs Crumwallis , ’ said Hilary Frome , coming in from the sitting-room and taking immediate charge . |