Example sentences of "think he [modal v] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days we thought he might be a ballet dancer ’ . |
| 2 | That 's why Lisabeth thought he might be a musician or maybe somebody giving you work or something . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing in that , at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted , rendering him unconscious , and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 5 | Sebastian thought he might be a journalist . |
| 6 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
| 7 | Now he does say he would you know he even thinks he could be a Gold Cup horse and emulate Dawn Run I mean again it 's it 's great claims this early on but er they would n't be running him if they did n't think he 's got a chance . |
| 8 | I 'm getting a bit worried , well I 'm getting worried myself but I do n't know , I think he might be a bit nervous . |
| 9 | I think he 'll be a lot better anyway . |
| 10 | And er it was probably where the drovers came through , it 's a drove road and I , I have n't been quite able to find out what he di I think he would be a shepherd probably . |
| 11 | I think he 'd be a bit of a hero for me — he managed to achieve such great things without using violence or hurting anybody . |
| 12 | No , no , I think he must be a doctor . ’ |
| 13 | They just grabbed this bloke who 's standing outside the music area , thinking he might be a musician and he is n't , but it does n't matter . |