Example sentences of "think he [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd been given a position in prison administration in Paris , and Sylvia thought he might be of help to her in finding Madeleine and Jeanne .
2 We thought he would be off home , and none too keen to make another wasted journey . ’
3 His skin was dirty in places and wrinkled and Endill thought he must be at least fifty years old .
4 A mini psychopath , I thought , and maybe not so mini , at that , if Xanthe thought he should be in jail .
5 Keegan said : ‘ Franz thought he should be in the team to show what he could do .
6 ‘ I never thought he 'd be into Acid House , but there must be something . ’
7 Oh , I thought he 'd be with Amanda ?
8 I thought he 'd be in strife with the Verfassungschutz . ’
9 Oh what standing not ambulance , I thought he 'd be in a wheelchair
10 I do n't think he 'll be in any fit condition to do it every morning anyway .
11 ‘ They think he might be on the moors . ’
12 Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive .
13 The least I would expect would be an immediate invitation from the Prime Minister , come and see me , because if it was happening on the streets of any city in Britain and the MP stood up and said what I 've said I think he would be in Downing Street within the night .
14 ‘ Oh , just Church of Scotland ; but if they had a Provisional Wing , I think he 'd be on it . ’
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