Example sentences of "himself [prep] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aha , Albert thought — spying on me ; and then sat on himself for thinking anything so paranoid . |
| 2 | First a drive , he thought , headed anywhere , fooling himself into thinking he might simply keep going . |
| 3 | That ingrained courage , the belief that he must continue to fight on — the ability to fool himself into thinking that he could fight on — was all that was left to Tubby , and Colonel Windsor realised that to take it away from him could precipitate the final breakdown . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure it was n't ; Garry is n't the brightest of men ; he 'd deceive himself into thinking I would n't try to trace him , and if it were n't for my sister I would n't bother ; the discrepancies in the accounts would be compensated for by his permanent absence from the firm . ’ |
| 5 | He could not stop himself from thinking about it and he shuddered , as he imagined again Simon 's hands around his neck . |
| 6 | Now , however , to his intense discomfort , Hugo found there was no way he could prevent himself from thinking about Greg Martin . |
| 7 | He could do nothing , nor could he apply himself to thinking about her case . |