Example sentences of "think they were just [verb] " in BNC.

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1 At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off .
2 ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’
3 I finally realized something was up because people were yelling at me — I thought they were just trying to get on but then I realized what was up , and I hit the button again .
4 I thought they were just gon na be a load of .
5 Anti-Nazi League festivals , at which The Stranglers were so familiar that everyone probably thought they were just park trees .
6 I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything .
7 I think they were just taking the piss .
8 I think they were just going through the motions of what had worked before .
9 Thinking they were just showing their age — most tourists here are 50-plus — my companion and I clambered in .
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