Example sentences of "thought he was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I thought he was telling us about a mountain he climbed .
2 He thought he was helping everybody and doing everything for himself but he were n't , he was stopping
3 We thought he was wasting his time after all the hard work and studying he had done , ’ says Brian Gedge .
4 Before the end of the day , he had had a short sharp interview with Chief Inspector Chips Salter , who produced the names of the two families he suspected of killing the Pitts , with his reasons for this suspicion , while at the same time letting John Coffin know he thought he was wasting his time looking elsewhere .
5 I thought he was taking her away for ever .
6 I thought he was taking it down there , I did n't realize he was fucking out here with us .
7 He would n't of come th wa on his Saturday before his birthday he would n't of come and seen me unless he thought he was getting something out of it .
8 I thought he was conning me when he told me his plan .
9 At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car .
10 I said I thought he was using his own .
11 She thought he was throwing her a sop and it steeled her .
12 What did he think of those who thought he was passed it .
13 Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance .
14 Roman did n't take kindly to any woman 's refusal , and he no doubt thought he was doing her an honour in wanting her when he thought she had belonged to Garry .
15 The fact that he was pulling his head back and down , when he thought he was putting it forward and up , was positive proof that he could no longer trust his physical impressions .
16 In a way , I thought he was putting it on .
17 Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad .
18 He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick .
19 Oh I thought he was giving me money then dad .
20 Catherine was so quiet that she might as well not have been in the room and it occurred to him that he must train her to make some unobtrusive signal to him when she thought he was missing something .
21 He 's so afraid he thought he was missing something look .
22 I think Lee thought he was losing his job did n't he ?
23 A TEESSIDE man attacked his brother because he thought he was leading his son into a life of crime , a court heard .
24 I thought he was following me and other hotel-guests to the shelter , but he was n't ; he had gone up to the roof ‘ to watch it all ’ .
25 I thought he was having us on exaggerating — because there were always people hanging out , trying to crash Malcolm 's scene .
26 The girl beside him thought he was saying something to her and looked away .
27 And Nan thought he was saying something rude .
28 We used to build Lego together and make up stores about the fellows who lived in the Lego houses , and if Mike talked about me , people just thought he was making me up .
29 Then Gene Tierney , emerging out of the night in a ridiculous hat , surprised Dana Andrews , the cop who thought he was investigating her murder .
30 Goodness gracious , I thought he was changing your shift schedule !
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