Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] think he have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 It was evident from the young man 's circumspect excitement that he thought he 'd got his first genuine schizophrenic hypochondriac .
2 It was that he had had printed a leaflet , which he was taking to hotels , restaurants , shops , advertising his firm : Philip Fowler , Builder and Decorator ; that he had to get real work , soon ; that he thought he had contributed more than his share to this house , which was now in working order .
3 He himself admitted so when he emerged , telling his followers that he thought he had killed Comyn , whereupon one of them rushed in ‘ to mak siccar ’ ( make sure ) : the Kirkpatricks of Dumfries have ever since carried the emblem of a bloody hand with dagger and the motto ‘ I mak siccar ’ on their coat of arms .
4 Clough also revealed that he thought he had signed Welsh international striker Dean Saunders before his move to Liverpool — and admitted selling Teddy Sheringham to Tottenham may have been a mistake .
5 Once he thought he had upset me , he ran after me .
6 Once he thought he had found the perfect room but leaning against the wall it started to collapse and he narrowly escaped just seconds before the ceiling fell on top of him .
7 There was blood on his hands and I thought he 'd had an accident .
8 Actually , he 'd started on that before six and I think he 'd finished when I left at six-fifteen .
9 And I think he 's lost weight but I do n't like to tell
10 And I think he 's settled on
11 And if they come when my brother 's here , he 'll get some marvellous shots of them , I promise you , telephoto lens , the lot , and I think he 's got a video camera now , too .
12 Erm I mean maybe they have n't had very much , but erm but in , in a sense there 's a sort of huge commitment on their part to that , because they actually , I remember some chap came over to do the talk and I think he 's got four kids and he said , well you know , I did n't know how my kids were going to react to people fine you know
13 We have a great deal of sympathy er but whereas I do n't think some of the ideas that have been floated tonight for a Cornwall and Gibraltar West seat er or erm any kind of link up between Cornwall and any tail end of a Welsh seat we do n't think is practical and I think he 's got ta solve this problem er within the confines of Cornwall being regarded as part of England if not Anglo Saxon .
14 and I think he 's got all the tiles now there 's a load of tiles going cheap in there
15 Darwin 's in effect in this passage is saying no , I do n't think that 's so at all , I think that this common pattern that all vertebrates have is simple the adaptive features of the common ancestor of the vertebrates , and I think he 's got a jolly good case .
16 a vehicle from anybody else cos I think he 's messed
17 He could n't be sure she would have the heart to go on running racehorses if she were forced to believe Harry a murderer … if she thought he had left her without warning , without a note , if she were worried sick by not knowing where he 'd gone , and was also haunted by the thought of Harry with Angela Brickell . ’
18 Now , if she thought he 'd remembered that … he opened the card .
19 police took him in that night cos they thought he 'd burnt it out himself .
20 His goggles filled up with water and he thought he had swum a whole length under water , and was so pleased that no one bothered to disillusion him .
21 And he thought he 'd landed but it was empty , it had likely somebody had got it before him .
22 ‘ Streuer was behind us and he thought he 'd seen a gap , but Steve cut across .
23 His last owner found he suffered from many anxiety-induced health problems including cribbing , psychosomatic skin conditions , and chronic colic ; and also behavioural problems including tongue over the bit , reluctance to eat , fear of being in a large yard or paddock , inability to walk , trot , or canter properly , and sheer terror if he thought he had done something wrong !
24 Time and time again he would stare at the ground , hand on hip , if he thought he had received a bad call , and then swallow his anger and play tennis .
25 I waited , but he had stopped as if he thought he had said it all .
26 With that , just as if he thought he had wasted more than enough time with her , he went , and Leith was left staring mutinously after him .
27 He was playing cards , but I think he 'd finished . ’
28 But I think he has told us truly , so far as he knows truth .
29 But I think he 's got his own little superstition about the cordite .
30 But I think he 's got most of them he 's got ta
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