Example sentences of "think they have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good thing about Sheff Utd ( from SCUMS point of view ) is that I doubt they would go there just to get a draw … they beat SCUM twice last year so might have thought they had a chance . |
| 2 | Well they must of thought they had a chance |
| 3 | well they must of thought they had a chance our bob sleighs |
| 4 | I do n't think they had a catapult out there . |
| 5 | Because I do n't think they had a chance of getting in to vote |
| 6 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
| 7 | There have been several false alarms in the tabloids , but at the end of 1986 reporters thought they had a scoop . |
| 8 | The whole squad was eager because they all thought they had a chance of being involved . |
| 9 | In 1973 , the board used the public outcry over leaked reports of proposed cuts in the network ‘ to press for a higher level of investment , which they now thought they had a chance of being granted ’ ( Pryke and Dodgson 1975 : 23 ) . |
| 10 | AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) was first called GRID ( gay-related immune deficiency ) and , by homosexuals themselves when they thought they had a monopoly of it , the Gay Plague . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , we 'd been so public I suppose everyone thought they had a right to make it their business , and what 's more according to us they did . ’ |
| 12 | The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to . |
| 13 | I think they had a bit of juggling to do , moving people out of the odd house in rows they demolished , and into the empty spots in ones they 're keeping — like filling decaying teeth-but most of it was just rotting where it stood . |
| 14 | I think they had a price on , it was something like , . |
| 15 | She said , ‘ I think they had a party here too . |
| 16 | And they 're all lies , you know , they may sound nice and they may deceive people , but the truth is , any politician that I know and respect , when it comes to the crunch , if they think they have a chance of preferment and obviously ultimate preferment , take it . |
| 17 | I sometimes think they have a neurosis about not having been in the blitz . ’ |
| 18 | Mm , I think they have a system whereby they have it in the classroom for a week |
| 19 | And , of course , like so many palaeontological matters , they stir up arguments between specialists who think they have a way of solving the enigmas . |
| 20 | They think they have a right to come and cause trouble . |
| 21 | Swindon are a good side and they think they have a right to win as do Leicester … |
| 22 | Well , I think they have a lot to do , quite a lot to do with it . |
| 23 | I think they have a cheek to complain about people writing other people 's press releases when they ca n't even write their own speeches , they just take a bit of their leaders and claim it as their own . |
| 24 | Then , putting her knuckles to her head , indicating her brain , she added : ‘ Between you , me and the gatepost , we used to think they had a screw loose . ’ |
| 25 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 26 | Conversely , why is it that finance managers seem to think they have a monopoly on numeracy ? |