Example sentences of "think he [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam got up from the table and said he thought he might go over to Rufus 's . |
| 2 | He could n't touch her , she really was too young ; he imagined the pale peach cheeks of her child 's cunt and the runny sweetness inside , and thought he might duck back to the hut and toss himself off . |
| 3 | I thought he might crawl out from under the bed ! |
| 4 | At first we thought he would grow out of his phobia . |
| 5 | He thought he would get up and go to Suffolk and take a look at his house . |
| 6 | Maybe she thought he would get up in some drunken stupor and ravish her . |
| 7 | He was asked whether he thought he would get back his record for taking the most Test wickets . |
| 8 | I was always optimistic and thought he would come through . ’ |
| 9 | I thought he would come back and call through the gate , ‘ And sixteen ? ’ but he did not . |
| 10 | Downstairs , Alain was walking about , switching off lights , locking the door , and for a wild moment she thought he would come back here to her . |
| 11 | God I forgot about that , thought he 'd drop in . |
| 12 | We thought he 'd burst in and take away everything we had — everything I 'd worked for so long and so hard , and he did n't deserve any of it . |
| 13 | ‘ I daresay he and Bill were larking about and the dog thought he 'd join in . ’ |
| 14 | We thought he 'd call in again or come over . |
| 15 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
| 16 | The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been . |
| 17 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 18 | ‘ You see , Father , ’ Watkin the dung-collector explained , ‘ the silly bastard thought he could slip out , so he did , through the sacristy door . |
| 19 | Whether coming here or not and I do n't really think that , you know , coming back to it I do n't think he would fit in . |
| 20 | Yes , I do n't think he 'll rush down . |
| 21 | Do you think he 'll go over . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I do n't think he 'll come back again , he 'll know we 're not going to be caught napping a second time . |
| 23 | So what does he think he 'll get out of it ? |
| 24 | Well wi , when do think he 'll phone up ? |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think he 'll put up much resistance this time , ’ Kolchinsky replied then paused to light a cigarette . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
| 27 | It was routine , I did n't think he 'd turn up much . |
| 28 | I do n't think he 'd come back |
| 29 | Radji thinks he ought to go back to Teheran so as not to be lumped with the more infamous of the Shahs associates " in peoples minds . |
| 30 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |