Example sentences of "thought he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he came round to gloat and I was right . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought he came to us from Hong Kong that time ? |
| 3 | And I thought he came back again . |
| 4 | Tommy , inset left , killed him when they thought he owned them £25 . |
| 5 | Thought he owned the place . |
| 6 | Nigel dared to disagree with her — he had hated his own school and he thought he divined Gina 's reason for wanting Anthony out of the way . |
| 7 | Perhaps she thought he meant she smelled unpleasant to him . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think they 'll mix ? ’ worried Larry , and she thought he meant the food but he meant the people . |
| 9 | Well , I thought he meant Bournemouth . ’ |
| 10 | When I heard him say that , I thought he meant I was going to die . |
| 11 | Preston thought he meant in London . |
| 12 | I thought he meant to adopt me , because that 's what it sounded like . ’ |
| 13 | And I thought he meant with him . |
| 14 | I thought he meant to take you both with him . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I thought he meant at his place , but , of course , he never invited anyone to his home for dinner . |
| 16 | As he opened the door and looked out he thought he heard the squeak of a tricycle . |
| 17 | Once or twice he thought he heard footsteps approaching in the distance and they hid in the shadows until deciding it was safe to continue . |
| 18 | He thought he heard the foghorn once , off High Head . |
| 19 | On one occasion he thought he heard Hubert 's teeth grinding ; but it was difficult to be sure because of the roar of the engine . |
| 20 | Joe was remembering how he thought he heard someone behind him when he was carrying Dolly through Newington Butts . |
| 21 | Far off , like a crackling of burning thorns , he thought he heard musketry . |
| 22 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 23 | Once he thought he heard a movement among the trees to the left of him , as of footfalls rustling the grass . |
| 24 | He thought he heard him chuckle from the shadows once , but his eyes could not penetrate the gloom . |
| 25 | He thought he heard the clatter of it in the roads , oh it it had awful stuff of that kind . |
| 26 | Behind , he thought he heard the car surge forward . |
| 27 | He thought he heard noises in the night but did not bother to look . |
| 28 | When he turned his head it vanished , although he thought he heard the faintest of noises that might have been made by claws scrabbling on stone . |
| 29 | At one point Twoflower thought he heard shouts , a long way behind them , but they soon faded away . |
| 30 | Someone was beating what sounded like a tambourine , and , high above all this , Robert thought he heard a flute . |