Example sentences of "they think they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack . |
| 2 | Who , after all , would decline a chance to emigrate because they thought they might later qualify as a refugee ? |
| 3 | Today staff have been preparing to welcome 2 young men whom they thought they might never see again . |
| 4 | They also promised to use their friends in the Salvation Army as supports at times when they thought they could not cope by themselves . |
| 5 | Well they thought they could only get it through both legislatures and the courts for women . |
| 6 | In retrospect , one often wonders how they thought they could possibly succeed . |
| 7 | But , they , they thought they 'd probably struggle . |
| 8 | Elsewhere , the company is persuading people to take just one paper napkin instead of the traditional handful ( usage is down by 40 per cent at one US example ) and asking them to help themselves to just as many vegetables as they think they 'll realistically eat . |
| 9 | Because there are worries that it 's going to er , effect the outcome of this mad ref , referendum , you know they the farmers are sort of desperate and they think they need government help and they think they would n't get it because of the black government so |
| 10 | erm and they should comment this week about what extra bits they think they could perhaps cover . |