Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] think he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In that case I think he just made a pass at your wife . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But I will always stand by him , whether he is right or wrong — in this case I think he was tucked up just a bit . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But in this case I think he 'll see sense . ’ |
| 4 | In defence of that same honesty I think he could be shrewd enough , and ruthless enough , too . |
| 5 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
| 6 | ‘ All that money I thought he was spending on you , he was spending on drugs . |
| 7 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
| 8 | But the other figure I think he 's , he 'll have to recheck is his figure on highways structural maintenance , because in fact two and a half million 's in the base budget and one and a half million 's in the approved list of thirty-seven bids at at er , priority number two . |
| 9 | No I think it was down the side I think he said . |
| 10 | The band was a right dog 's breakfast , with no bass player , an over-enthusiastic banjoist and a jealous pianist who thought he was being diddled out of his fair share of solos . |
| 11 | You 'd simply be committing suicide : you 're either a killer or some fruitcake who thinks he 's a killer and neither wanted in today 's modern Army thank you . ’ |
| 12 | The only impressions from his heavy sleep which touched him with a faintest trace were mysteriously , elusively compounded of plumed candle flame , drumming rain , a ship held by ice , huddled sheep , and a malignant shadow stooped-muttering over a desk or table or bench in a room or a cell he thought he might have been able to recognize if only he could have opened his eyes . |
| 13 | He told his girlfriend he thought he had run over a box . |
| 14 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
| 15 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 16 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 17 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 18 | For a moment 's shudder she thought he would , there and then . |
| 19 | Without a reinforcing reputation he might simply be classed as a ‘ Bullshitter ’ — the boy who thinks he 's hard but is n't and rejected accordingly . |
| 20 | To a fourteen-year-old boy who thinks he saw an envelope in a box once , and an idiot who ca n't even say what he saw ? ’ |
| 21 | One of my friends said he was a romantic boy who thought he bore a charmed life , but I argued that this was a superficial judgment . |
| 22 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 23 | His eyes narrowed , and for a second she thought he 'd refuse to follow her lead , but to her relief he shrugged . |
| 24 | He was still barring the doorway , and for a second she thought he 'd refuse to move . |
| 25 | For a split second she thought he was going to ignore her , but he jerked his head round and his glance slid over her pale face . |
| 26 | For a fearful second she thought he was going to strike Steve but slowly he lifted his hand to reach out in greeting , not to deliver a blow . |
| 27 | He was sitting in the deckchair Candy had vacated by the time she returned , and for a second she thought he had fallen asleep , his head tilted back against the wooden spar of the chair , his eyes closed , their long black lashes casting shadows on his cheeks . |
| 28 | Then Gene Tierney , emerging out of the night in a ridiculous hat , surprised Dana Andrews , the cop who thought he was investigating her murder . |
| 29 | It 's a far cry from the kind of work he thought he 'd be doing when he joined the order . |
| 30 | ‘ What help he thinks he could give , I ca n't imagine . |