Example sentences of "thought he [modal v] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now Mr Wolski had been asked to see her , and it was because the Curator , in his kind but mistaken way , thought he might like to take leave of the old eagle . |
| 2 | He thought he would like to be more like her ; when she spoke people listened . |
| 3 | In this new mood where religion was more important than politics , he thought he would like to see how the Church went in East London , at that time notorious as a depressed urban area within the national life . |
| 4 | Boy thought he would like to see the city under heavy snow ; then it would look like a real map , all in black and white , the river a thick black ribbon , or , if frozen as he knew it had once been , a clean white ribbon , the only space in the city without streets , names , lights or indeed owners . |
| 5 | He was interested in the concept of the plays and thought he would like to bring them up to date , use original scripts and perform them on the move . |
| 6 | She thought he would like to see me . |
| 7 | I took the things I thought he would like ( not just the clever-clever things , like the perspective of Ladymont ) . |
| 8 | He thought he 'd like to see her again as long as she did n't whinge too much about sexism . |