Example sentences of "he have be think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel 's personal integrity had been there in her clear gaze all the time , if he 'd been thinking with his head instead of with his emotions . |
| 2 | Now he 'd lost track of what he 'd been thinking of completely . |
| 3 | He 'd been thinking of asking one of the two who had entered the front room during Slater 's monologue — the more attractive of them — for a dance even as Slater was telling him how desirable Richard Slater was . |
| 4 | The whole idea that he 'd been thinking about since Christmas seemed pointless all of a sudden . |
| 5 | She 'd had a fever since last night , and all day at school he 'd been thinking about her . |
| 6 | He 'd been thinking about her , but he did n't want it to show . |
| 7 | He told her he had been thinking of the text he had just learnt , ‘ Prepare to meet thy God , ’ and perhaps he might die tonight , and he did not know if he was ready , if his sins were all forgiven … |
| 8 | For a moment she thought he was going to throw his arms round her and hug her , she was sure he had been thinking of it , but he hesitated and she turned away . |
| 9 | At the end of the lunch , Branson said in a faltering voice that there was something he had been thinking of doing , and he wanted to ask Laker how he would feel about it . |
| 10 | David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph . |
| 11 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 12 | He had been thinking about the Doctor 's earlier words , that he should get used to obeying Henri , and had come to the conclusion that doing as he said no longer suited him . |
| 13 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 14 | The first thing he had thought of when he awoke that morning was that it was his mother 's birthday , 25 May , and he had been thinking about it ever since , as he always did on that day . |
| 15 | It was delicious to be close to Alain , to belong to him , to know that all the time she had been alone he had been thinking about her . |
| 16 | He said abruptly , rather as if he had been thinking about something quite different all the time Nick had been talking — ‘ She may be a little upset , I 'm afraid . |