Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't do any good to let him think he can overrule me either — well , he ca n't really , because I 'm Chief Druid after all . |
| 2 | She professed love for Gentle at intervals , but not with sufficient consistency to make him think he could prise her from her husband , even if he wanted to , which he was by no means certain he did . |
| 3 | And made him think he could trust me . |
| 4 | She knew he was in a position to do what he wished , but what made him think she would enjoy it ? |
| 5 | When I meet with the American President in Berlin , I want him to believe he can trust me . ’ |
| 6 | She probably did tell him to go away and stop following her around , but that would n't be a reason for him screaming he 'd kill her . ’ |
| 7 | But in the main her mother had continued to live in her own world and her father in his , and she herself had been waging an inward war of words against the narrowness of her existence and with no hope of seeing a way out : she had given the final ‘ no ’ to Henry Stalwort and convinced Peter Chambers that it was useless him thinking she would change her mind . |
| 8 | Fancy him thinking he could con her ! |
| 9 | It 's just that sometimes — well , I do n't even know if we have a relationship , and I do n't want him thinking he can take me for granted . ’ |
| 10 | It is a chance for him to prove he can make it in the Football League . ’ |
| 11 | West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit . |
| 12 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 13 | Does he think we 'd shoot him down ? |
| 14 | The man was a fool … did he think it would do his reputation any good to appear in weak productions ? |
| 15 | Did he think she would put his affair with Rebecca in jeopardy ? |
| 16 | He goes you can keep it till I need it again . |
| 17 | went and got the lemonade so I was tipping it in , so Terry goes , he goes I 'll have it all ! |
| 18 | Celia had told him about the Journal , and he realized she would prefer him to turn it down . |
| 19 | He realized she must have nothing on . |
| 20 | He was looking at her intently , as if he expected she might do something surprising , like flying up the chimney . |
| 21 | And , as Tweed had predicted to Paula in a similar context , he expected it would take him months to unravel the affairs of the world-wide octopus , INCUBUS . |
| 22 | And in any case , if he recovered he 'd spend his life looking for Vecchi , if that party had muscled in on the black . |
| 23 | There 's nowhere for him to go for a bit of company — he wo n't go to the day hospital because he thinks they 'll make him take drugs . |
| 24 | Whether he thinks they 'll believe him or not , at least he 'll say something . |
| 25 | But Moore assumes we can ascribe inherent value to smaller units of reality and indeed this may be a necessary presupposition for the kind of calculations on the basis of which he thinks we should decide what is most worth doing . |
| 26 | So he thinks I should do you because he despises me , too , and he thinks I 'm God 's scum . |
| 27 | He thinks you will find nothing in the mountains but stone and snow . |
| 28 | He 's run out of plaster and he 's got an urgent call somewhere where he thinks he 'll need it . |
| 29 | They bought out , this company have bought out a new tile and he said they 're looking for a sort of nice house to have as a sort of a show house and then he thinks he 'll get them for nothing . |
| 30 | HE THINKS HE 'LL KEEP HER / Columbia Promotions ( UK ) ; 3min23-28 |