Example sentences of "think they [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | National Tyre , I do n't think they 'll do bonnet . |
| 2 | ‘ What makes you think they 'll try t– get it ? ’ |
| 3 | There are a couple of French soldiers following us , but fortunately I do n't think they can speak German . ’ |
| 4 | you 'd think they could know appetite |
| 5 | They said they 'd clean it up , but their MP thinks they may need help . |
| 6 | If everyone thinks they can make money out of bargain books , let them . ’ |
| 7 | They thought they could make fun of a country girl , but my answer took them by surprise . |
| 8 | But how strange it was , the changes which the past two or three weeks had brought : not merely the changes of circumstances ; her father and his hoped for promotion , herself going to the Stadium , Omi talking about herself , Fritz … but the whole relationship inside the family had altered , and she herself had changed , and it had begun with the arrival of Uncle Karl , as if he were a sorcerer , a wave of whose manicured hands could transform life , as alchemists thought they could transform base metal into gold or , with a certain sinister frisson , perhaps the other way around . |
| 9 | In the 1960s buyers thought they could raise cash flows by forming conglomerates , applying their management skills and diversifying risk . |
| 10 | In the 1980s buyers thought they could raise cash flows by breaking up these conglomerates , by giving managers different incentives and controls , and by exploiting more fully tax breaks for debt interest . |
| 11 | AT first , the politicians thought they could run Hoover . |
| 12 | You thought they 'd ask Vecchi over for a tea party . ’ |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I think they should switch attention from inflation to expanding the economy . ’ |
| 14 | I think they should have phone numbers in there . |
| 15 | I think they should get planning consent and go ahead and develop Straiton . |
| 16 | ‘ I still think they should take advantage of their education , ’ retorted Flora . |
| 17 | I think they will risk arrest . |
| 18 | But the Lib Dems think THEY can take North East because they beat the Tories soundly in the local council elections last year . |
| 19 | I think he was certainly mixed up in the beastly business of getting into England some of those unhappy Asians who pay through the nose either because they 're desperate to join relatives , or because they think they can find work here . |
| 20 | If I can tell you that some of the the erm what I would call direct sales people have said they think they can sell advertising and are now in another direction or still resting |
| 21 | Well I heard , I , I wondered about that , and erm I think they must have contact because erm one of them who came back bearing in mind there must be a , a , a , about a three month gap , had had a proposal from one of the persons |