Example sentences of "think he be [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , the Court of Appeal held that there had been a breach of s14(2) as the plaintiff had thought he was buying a second-hand enthusiast 's car in good condition at a fair price when in fact he was buying , at the same price , a car which no one , knowing its history ( a car insurance write-off because it had been submerged in water for over 24 hours ) , would have bought at other than at a substantially reduced price . |
| 2 | In visiting a Catholic school , O'Neill might have thought he was doing no more than acknowledging that Catholics formed a sizeable part of the population of Northern Ireland and that Catholic schools were largely supported from public funds which his government administered . |
| 3 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 4 | Tarantino says he never thought he was taking a risk by casting Tim Roth as an American . |
| 5 | Now you can imagine with a little van that size the policeman thought he was taking the mickey . |
| 6 | He thought he was getting an Olympus Trip camera and holdall — as advertised in the catalogue — for a bargain £10 . |
| 7 | An admirer of Origen , Eusebius probably thought he was facing a repetition of the situation of eighty years previously when a learned theologian harassed by a bishop of Alexandria needed support from his church . |
| 8 | top of the after shave , used about half a bottle of after shave , and he 's just gone started around , I thought he was throwing a I thought that must of well stung . |
| 9 | The ben Issachars of this world are enthusiastic punishers- and I suppose he thought he was doing the rest of the human race a favour by getting Kokos off the scene . |
| 10 | Orthodox correspondents of Tolkien worried about this , and thought he was overstepping the mark ( see especially Letters no. 153 ) . |
| 11 | The mugger , who probably thought he was accosting a tourist , said ‘ do n't move ’ . |
| 12 | He thought he was having a secret affair , and everyone thought I did n't know and was terribly sympathetic . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought he was having an easy day , today . ’ |
| 14 | She could n't understand what he was doing at first : she thought he was shaking a bottle . |
| 15 | The candidate thought he was going for an interview to be MD when the client thought he was to meet the proposed finance director . |
| 16 | Even the Treasury thought he was paying a ridiculous price , but that was up to him . |
| 17 | His normally rubicund visage looked wan and strained and Denis thought he was breathing a little heavily . |
| 18 | Oh , I thought he was offering a lift . |
| 19 | I really do n't I think he 's acting the whole time , I do n't think he knows he 's doing it . |
| 20 | Best man Paul White said : ‘ I do n't think he 's missed a game all season . |
| 21 | He 'd see how quiet she could be — in fact , the big ox might just think he was teaching a statue , male-chauvinist pig that he was . |
| 22 | He made the goals and rang like mad … but I did n't think he was controlling the game as I 've heard implied . |
| 23 | At first sight one might think he was taking no part in the uproar , but Toby had only recently completed his own schooldays , and he had soon realized that Hilary controlled it . |
| 24 | Possible , but if I was a BNP yob I 'd think he was taking the piss and would throw something , and if I was n't , I might throw something anyway because nationalism stinks — keep those ‘ Ethnic Cleansing ’ concentration camps in your mind . |
| 25 | From the untroubled expression on his face , you 'd think he was remembering the taste of its tobacco . |
| 26 | He 's written you a poem in which you might well think he was describing a fox outside his window but just at the point when the fox seems most real , it might be coming through the window or it might be going into its hole , he says that the hole that this fox lives in is his head . |
| 27 | If any stranger had come that way it was likely he would think he was following the black road to hell . |
| 28 | He could think he was following the rule , when he was in fact not doing so ; the new sensation could seem to resemble the original one , when it does not resemble it in fact . |
| 29 | Terry B says he did n't think he was hitting the bottle but there 's one side of you that takes over and he started to slide down hill … he became and realised it was time to get real with himself and he has n't had a drink since march |
| 30 | The longer he thinks he 's pinning us all down here , the better chance , surely , Siward thinks he is giving the fleet to take Perth and Scone . |