Example sentences of "he think [pron] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in retrospect does he think he might qualify as a ‘ new man ’ , a supporter of causes from which he is excluded by his situation — feminism , the Third World , anti-racism , gay rights . |
| 2 | Maybe he thinks we might have improved it a little , even turned it into a bestseller . |
| 3 | ‘ Ask him if he thinks I might visit Mr Conchis . ’ |
| 4 | He thinks I might be able to lend a hand . ’ |
| 5 | She wished he could be charged because he thinks it might bring home to him the seriousness of what he has done and scare him enough to stop . |
| 6 | He thinks you might have a typical jug and basin set of the Twenties to Thirties . |
| 7 | I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose . |
| 8 | ‘ I told him about the tramp , and he thinks he might have started the fire by knocking his pipe out on the dry grass . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps , thought Juliet , her heart thudding against her ribs , perhaps if he helps me he thinks he might fall in love with me too . |
| 10 | It may well be a mistake for a director to restrict earnings in favour of dividends , however , if he thinks he might want to retire within 13 years . |
| 11 | Cos he thinks he might win . |
| 12 | him but er he might not be up in time anyway , cos he 's got a lot of work to do and he thinks he might be up all night tonight , in which case , he wo n't be getting up very early in the morning . |
| 13 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 14 | When he thought one might be possible , he was immensely sentimental , would give up everything for a lover ; yet it was his own exigence that made it difficult for anyone to live up to him , to match his quick apprehension , his wide range of interests , the fervour with which he experienced everything . |
| 15 | Charles shivered as he thought what might have happened if Jacqui had been in the flat when her ‘ visitors ’ called that morning . |
| 16 | The other evening , with the help of a lot of film , he put the spotlight on a very few areas of endeavour where he thought we might be actually going right . |
| 17 | And I do n't know , I asked th the chap from the I S D T A how many people he thought we might get applying , he said he thought , well if we got fifty we 'd be doing very well . |
| 18 | He thought they might be finger rings , but was n't sure . |
| 19 | ‘ I found our colonel in the phone book ; I remembered old Marks say he thought they might be a Cornish family . |
| 20 | ‘ Somebody did tell me he thought they might be a tiny bit stronger than us at the moment . |
| 21 | He thought you might be able to help out . ’ |
| 22 | He thought you might like to get something on paper before you talk to him about it … |
| 23 | ‘ He thought you might get paid twice ? ’ |
| 24 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 25 | He was black , and perhaps as I was in trousers , he thought I might have known Sir Richard Whittington . |
| 26 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 27 | And he looked at me , as if he thought I might laugh . |
| 28 | He thought I might be useful , I suppose . |
| 29 | Perhaps he thought I might have an interesting story to tell . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |