Example sentences of "the [noun prp] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Informed sources in the Caribbean thought it likely that the political maneouvrings behind all this were by way of a reprisal for a report by Lord Avebury criticizing Forbes Burnham 's ruling party for election-rigging . |
2 | Sebastian smiled at everybody , and the Doddridges thought he was wonderful . |
3 | Would you let the Campbells think we 're feeble ? |
4 | For instance if the policyholder is a married man with two young children and the value of the claim is $100 for the family , then to deduct four excesses would mean that the corporation would not make any payment for an incident where the Policyholder thought he had taken out cover . |
5 | ‘ You mean the Khans think they can control him , ’ Alexei said . |
6 | He insisted he had not abdicated , but what should he do know ? *q Before any advice could given , at least by the British the Shah and Soraya flew on to Rome — perhaps because King Faisal was embarrassed by his presence in Baghdad and perhaps because the Shah thought they would be sager and more comfortable in the Italian capital . |
7 | A month ago , the UN thought it had persuaded Iran and Iraq to agree on a mixed military commission to settle some of the problems along their 750-mile border . |
8 | The UN thinks it has one other card . |
9 | That , according to the IRB , has largely been achieved and now , in the aftermath of the phenomenal success of the World Cup , the IRB think it is time to take the game to the world . |
10 | The far-off booming or barking sound heard near swamps and billabongs during rainfall periods is ascribed to the bunyip , and the Aboriginals think it causes rheumatism in those who hear it . |
11 | The Zuwaya thought it should be 1000 and so did the policeman . |
12 | This was just as the amateurs of the FA thought it should be . |
13 | The Wolf-Man thought he would n't have got far in that dismal profession , though success in economics , as in psychoanalysis , can be difficult to define . |
14 | Proprietors of the Marquee Club from its original late '50s berth beneath the Academy Cinema on Oxford Street until 19887 , apart from anything else the Pendletons thought it would be nice to gather their musician friends together for a weekend garden party , and so they staged the National Jazz Festival at Richmond Athletic Ground on August 26/27 , 1961 . |
15 | ‘ The Major thinks he could be hurt . ’ |
16 | The DTI thought it had done a deal with the lawyers and police : by the end of last September these would say whether or not there were grounds for criminal charges . |
17 | It appeared that The Smiths thought they had given enough exposure to James and that Factory were now taking advantage of the situation . |
18 | Nevertheless , the Ragusans thought it prudent to accept the nominal suzerainty of the Hungarian king . |
19 | And how did he get out of the Chris think he 'd get on with him ? |
20 | The CNAA knew from the first meeting of its sub-committee to discuss courses in education , in July 1965 , that the DES was moving towards a policy of teacher education in some technical colleges , and that the DES thought it reasonable that they should come to the CNAA for validation . |
21 | ‘ If the IRA think they can pass on their responsibility for this terrible act by issuing such a nonsensical statement , then they have sadly underestimated the understanding of the British public . ’ |