Example sentences of "he thought [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought we had a lot to learn from that and it would encourage them … |
| 2 | He thought they deserved a bit of cash . |
| 3 | Although the bar did n't strike Blake as a place where the customers would be called ‘ sir ’ he thought they recognized a gentleman . |
| 4 | He thought she had a attitude problem . |
| 5 | He thought she had a growth , or was losing her innards in some revolting way . |
| 6 | Not that John-William was particularly opposed to revolution if he thought he had a chance of winning . |
| 7 | He had , he claimed , been superseded in a promotion which he thought he had a right to expect from the Master of the Horse . |
| 8 | The prime minister 's smile spread even further in the slightly crooked way it had when he thought he had an opponent hoist with his own petard . |
| 9 | Once he thought he heard a movement among the trees to the left of him , as of footfalls rustling the grass . |
| 10 | He thought he saw a rattle snake |
| 11 | He went to the top of the steps and looked around , he could n't see anyone or anything untoward ; he looked out of the window and he thought he saw a figure on or around the track . |
| 12 | For a moment he thought he saw a figure at the far end , waiting , but that was from the nightmare , too , just a trick of the light and the fog . |
| 13 | He thought he saw a movement other than the wind in the distance against the hedge on the far side of the field . |
| 14 | He wanted to rule now — and in Aquitaine he thought he saw an opportunity . |
| 15 | But he thought he knew a thing or two about muscles , and the knowledge that it was only a couple of big muscles that were keeping him alive was not comforting . |
| 16 | There were five others , four whites and a black , and he thought he recognised a face from the Lord Howe gym . |
| 17 | For just as he had begun to survey the picture from a wholly different angle , just as he thought he espied a gap in the clouds that hitherto had masked the shafts of sunlight the switchboard-operator dashed any hope of such a breakthrough with the simple statement that she 'd known Theodore Kemp very well indeed . |
| 18 | He thought he detected a flicker of disappointment on her face . |
| 19 | Then she lifted her great eyes to his and he thought he detected a mixture of fleeting emotions : resolution , appeal , defiance . |
| 20 | For a moment he thought he smelt a rat ; could it be one of Marjorie 's ‘ little jokes ’ ? |
| 21 | For a moment he thought he smelt a rat ; could it be one of Marjorie 's ‘ little jokes ’ ? |
| 22 | He thought he caught a glimpse of an eyepatch and an immense black beard . |
| 23 | For a while as he walked , faster as the sun began to dip more quickly towards Nut 's receiving mouth , he thought he caught a glimpse of someone following him ; but it was no more than a glimpse , and the figure — a ghost in a dark robe — slipped out of sight behind a building 's corner before he could even take in its size . |