Example sentences of "think he [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh well , you 'd of thought he 'd be looking at it would n't ya ? |
| 2 | At first he had thought he must be dreaming . |
| 3 | Alcuin thought he might be employed in making peace , but the fact that he found it necessary to protest that he had never been disloyal to Offa suggests that his allegiances were being called into question . |
| 4 | Chris Singh thought he might be tempted to borrow . |
| 5 | I thought he might be called Peggy in the House for ever after . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , Owen thought he might be speaking the truth . |
| 7 | Pa Grant demanded his removal from office ; other committee members thought he might be neutralised by making him treasurer . |
| 8 | Speedie explained later : ‘ When the fan ran on I thought he might be going for the referee , so I tried to intervene . |
| 9 | I thought he might be going to Canon Wheeler 's . ’ |
| 10 | Yes he has , he 's just been up there to do them cos he thought he might be going to school now he 's decided he 's not so we 'll put the school clothes away again . |
| 11 | He thought he would be reminded , as Vincent was , of their childhood nurse at Zundert , Leen Veerman . |
| 12 | He never thought he would be targeted again ’ , his wife said . |
| 13 | He paused dramatically , gazing so intently at each child below him that Sam thought he must be scanning their heads for lice . |
| 14 | Clayton home late last night and I thought he must be taking Lorraine home . |
| 15 | Thought he must be taking Lorraine home this time of night . |
| 16 | HE THOUGHT HE must be going soft in the head . |
| 17 | He was worried by the results , and thought he must be dying to have as feeble a pulse as that . |
| 18 | For a while he thought he must be dying , that his nanny had managed to poison him after all . |
| 19 | I thought he 'd be born holding a couple of dumb-bells . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We both thought he 'd be called to account in the end . |
| 21 | Mark Evans said it was a night of madness and thought he 'd be killed next . |
| 22 | I thought he 'd be touting for business ! |
| 23 | I thought he 'd be thrown but he went through them like an express train . ’ |
| 24 | It 's a far cry from the kind of work he thought he 'd be doing when he joined the order . |
| 25 | They thought he could be used at some time in the future even better internationally than locally . |
| 26 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 27 | Do you think he might be committed to do anything there and then ? |
| 28 | ‘ What d' you think he might be talking about ? ’ asked Milton innocently . |
| 29 | I do n't think he 'll be making an escape bid yet ! |
| 30 | I do n't think he 'll be making it this year Paul . |