Example sentences of "thought he was [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one terrible moment he thought he was going to be dismissed . |
| 2 | She 'd cried because she thought he was going to be hit . |
| 3 | Twice they had to stop because Richard thought he was going to be sick . |
| 4 | Gays thought he was going to be their president ; but so did blue-collar Catholic heterosexuals . |
| 5 | Bosnian Muslims thought he was going to be their president ; but so did those who want America to disavow meddling overseas . |
| 6 | Trade unions thought he was going to be their president ; but so did those businessmen who want a free-trade agreement with Mexico . |
| 7 | Jasper laughed until he thought he was going to be sick . |
| 8 | He stared at me for a moment , and I thought he was going to be angry . |
| 9 | ‘ I told her to go into the other room- and say she thought he was going to be in there . |
| 10 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 11 | He said if I thought he was going to be the Hindu Salman Rushdie , I was mistaken : he saw himself more as a Hindu P. G. Wodehouse . |
| 12 | Zen thought he was going to be shown some decisive new piece of evidence , but Bartocci simply reached through the space left vacant on the shelf and with a grunt of effort manipulated a lever . |
| 13 | I thought it was just something people said , but he actually went green and I thought he was going to be sick . |
| 14 | ‘ The policeman saw the car coming straight towards him , and thought he was going to be hit , and had to pull in to the side of the road . |