Example sentences of "thought he must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an absurd and alarming moment I thought he must mean the woman of the glove . |
| 2 | The Shah seemed very pleased attitude was changing previously they had urged him to be a purely constitutional monarch ; now perhaps they wanted him to involve himself more in Iranian politics , He thought he must do that — otherwise there would be confusion and chaos . |
| 3 | I thought he must do . |
| 4 | Everybody thought he must think first about the bringing up of the children |
| 5 | Again Jacob thought he must bring himself to do something about the increasing hold this man had on Katherine 's life . |
| 6 | The watchers thought that the Silver Birches would certainly be a bit wild and probably without any moral sense at all and Clumhach thought he must remember to tell everyone about his great uncle who had succumbed to a Silver Birch one scandalous afternoon . |
| 7 | He did n't elaborate on this unease but Wexford thought he must have been worried lest the two hundred and fifty was n't forthcoming . |
| 8 | Philip thought he must have seen him but he had n't , because he stopped and whistled again , looking up towards the cliffs . |
| 9 | By Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 , he thought he must have told the admiral that : he was going to destroy that one , and then they would really all be gone . |
| 10 | Hamnett took the towpath ; insofar as he 'd considered it at all , the old fellow thought he must have returned the other way . ’ |
| 11 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 12 | He had said he thought he must have been eight but that he did n't really know . |
| 13 | I thought he must have left it in that place round the point , Halfway House . |
| 14 | This morning he followed ‘ Hi ’ with ‘ How 's life treats you ? , ’ so I thought he must have learned more English while I was away . |
| 15 | He now sounded as though he were beginning a lecture and I thought he must have learned that intonation from his tutors . |
| 16 | I thought he must have stood me up … backed out at the last minute … |
| 17 | For a moment Agnes thought he must have pulled a muscle , then giggled as she , and she alone , realised he had come close to spilling his holstered pistol . |
| 18 | Seb thought he must have misheard the gipsy . |
| 19 | The soldier said he did n't remember firing but thought he must have fired as the car was going away from him . |
| 20 | He thought he must have passed out on the grass verge . |
| 21 | Then , all of a sudden , there was a sort of bang and the dog started yelping and I thought he must have fallen or something and that he might be hurt . |
| 22 | I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit . |
| 23 | Some strange noises came from one of the children and Asik thought he must have been in pain . |
| 24 | All the same , he did not dare tell Balanchine ‘ it 's not working ’ , he thought he must try . |
| 25 | The superficial justification was that he was frightened of the emergence of a centre party , and thought he must try to pre-empt this . |
| 26 | Ruth 's heart began to thump so loudly that she thought he must hear it . |
| 27 | Luce sat perfectly still , her eyes on his face , her heart beating so loudly that she thought he must hear . |