Example sentences of "think he [modal v] [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In those days we thought he might be a ballet dancer ’ .
2 That 's why Lisabeth thought he might be a musician or maybe somebody giving you work or something .
3 ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’
4 ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing in that , at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted , rendering him unconscious , and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’
5 Sebastian thought he might be a journalist .
6 The evergreen heart-throb thought he should be an expert on the subject having been wed three times .
7 Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master .
8 ‘ He told me he did n't think he could be the Nelson Algren of his generation , ’ Vanderford says .
9 Now he does say he would you know he even thinks he could be a Gold Cup horse and emulate Dawn Run I mean again it 's it 's great claims this early on but er they would n't be running him if they did n't think he 's got a chance .
10 I 'm getting a bit worried , well I 'm getting worried myself but I do n't know , I think he might be a bit nervous .
11 I think he 'll be a lot better anyway .
12 And er it was probably where the drovers came through , it 's a drove road and I , I have n't been quite able to find out what he di I think he would be a shepherd probably .
13 I think he 'd be a bit of a hero for me — he managed to achieve such great things without using violence or hurting anybody .
14 No , no , I think he must be a doctor . ’
15 A boy comes to the same house the next day and because one arm is injured , they think he must be the robber .
16 They just grabbed this bloke who 's standing outside the music area , thinking he might be a musician and he is n't , but it does n't matter .
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