Example sentences of "he think [prep] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he thinks of himself as a warm-hearted , caring human being . |
| 2 | He thought of himself as a latecomer . |
| 3 | He thought of himself as though he were an application form , for a job , a degree , a life , but when he thought of his mother , the adjective would not be expurgated , She was disappointed . |
| 4 | He thought of himself , stunning them all by running and swimming and riding and shooting better than the lot of them , and them all eating their words and cheering and him being cool , man . |
| 5 | Mackay did not return to Scotland after 1885 and there is little evidence that he thought of himself as a Scot , except in a very conventional , stereotypical way . |
| 6 | He saw images : a ruined tower — and he thought of those black gaps behind the Eaton Square terrace ; death by drowning — and he thought of Hugo Glendinning ; a hanged man — and he thought of his father 's cadre ; two lovers — he thought of himself and Isobel ; a king of cups , a queen of diamonds — he thought of nothing . |
| 7 | This is no exaggeration : though primarily a moralist , Arnold was almost equally a political reformer , and he thought of himself as performing a service to the state . |
| 8 | When Mountbatten flew off to India , he thought of himself as he had always thought of himself , as a leader of men . |
| 9 | Then he thought of himself . |
| 10 | He thought of himself as a bungler . |
| 11 | He thought of himself as insane , over-sensitive , brilliant and paranoid , and treated Alex as his soulmate . |
| 12 | He thought of himself as a great collector — I believe there were great collections of Chinese porcelain made by Victorian and Edwardian connoisseurs , but he was pretty small fry , just being fashionable . " |
| 13 | He thought of himself as a responsible and dependable person . |
| 14 | Whether his books were or were not weighty , he thought for himself , and was no man 's copy . |
| 15 | The first draft has ‘ he thought to himself ’ but nothing about the sister . |
| 16 | ‘ Whatever I say , ’ he thought to himself , ‘ however I say it , she 'll think I 'm putting on an act . ’ |
| 17 | And he thought to himself , ‘ I know about such gifts from forest people . |
| 18 | It sloped down like the side of Sgurr Dearg , he thought to himself , and grinned . |
| 19 | She would probably be on the loo reading the paper , he thought to himself . |
| 20 | At The Belfry , Sandy had three good rounds and got into a position to win , but then he thought to himself , ‘ I do n't want to win this week . |
| 21 | And , as Henry smiled and nodded damply , he thought to himself , Is that all you can find to say about it ? |
| 22 | WIMBLEDON DOCTOR IN POISON LOVE TRIANGLE , he thought to himself . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't go too far now , Patrick , ’ he thought to himself . |
| 24 | ‘ What a bloody contrast to an hour ago , ’ he thought to himself . |
| 25 | If he owned his house , he thought to himself , he would give it a good coat of paint , put a smart gate on it . |
| 26 | He thought to himself , right , you 've called the boy Hilbert to please me , to make me like him , so I damn well will like him , I 'll like him more than you and leave him the place over your head . ’ |
| 27 | Funny thing was , he thought to himself , as he walked back to his own house , they might not have been after me at all . |
| 28 | Nerves , he thought to himself . |
| 29 | With a wry smile he thought to himself that all it needed was a few thousand square miles of northern forest such as might be found in Norway or Canada and they would look completely right . |
| 30 | Probably this curiosity will be quite superficial , he thought to himself , as it is in me until I have more time to spend on it . |