Example sentences of "he was thinking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip knew he was thinking about the swimming , the way he objected to spending all his time training and how he tried to get out of it . |
| 2 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 3 | His eye was watching the barley while he was thinking about the outing he had decided to give himself that evening . |
| 4 | As his feet touched the bottom he was thinking of the tanks the Allies had intended to land on the rocky promontory before him ; clearly this was not possible , for now in the starlight he could see its rock face was impassable . |
| 5 | ’ John made it clear enough that he was thinking of the Roman curia : ‘ In our everyday ministry we often have to listen , greatly to our sorrow , to those … who do not have much discretion or balance ’ . |
| 6 | Writing in the mid-1930s , he was thinking of the huge growth in the power of banks and oligopolies which it seemed beyond the capacity of Parliament to comprehend or to control . |
| 7 | He was thinking of the future . |
| 8 | She knew instantly that he was thinking of the Father of Lies — for the Prince of Darkness has as many titles as the Prince of Wales — and she went pink . |
| 9 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 10 | He shrugged but his gaze did n't leave hers and somehow she found it impossible to look away , as , instinctively , she knew he was thinking of the moment in the car the night before when he had touched her hand and she had pulled away so sharply . |
| 11 | He was thinking of the places under review : Belmodes , his house in Mouncy Street , Rose Hilaire 's flat . |
| 12 | ‘ Only the pilot will be able to tell us what he was thinking in the seconds before he ejected , ’ said Mr Richard Colley , spokesman for the Upper Heyford base . |
| 13 | I could tell what he was thinking from the way he questioned me . |