Example sentences of "he thought i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 2 | ‘ Mike knew I always work late , and even though there was n't anything for me to do , he thought I ought to know . ’ |
| 3 | He 'd come across someone he thought I ought to meet . |
| 4 | And he looked at me , as if he thought I might laugh . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 6 | He was black , and perhaps as I was in trousers , he thought I might have known Sir Richard Whittington . |
| 7 | Perhaps he thought I might have an interesting story to tell . |
| 8 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 9 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 10 | There was nobody more glad than him really but I suppose he thought I 'd go into debt or something but I d would n't do that . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , Ace is angry enough with me as it is , but if he thought I 'd betray … ’ |
| 12 | His grin suggested that he thought I 'd trade in my TI notebook for some new whizz-bang offering . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps he thought I 'd make the rehearsals lively . |
| 14 | Yes er but I do n't think he knew what I did , I think he thought I used to take the boiling water upstairs you see int he bedroom and er I think he just thought I was sitting on it to open the womb . |
| 15 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 16 | He himself had gone to University College , Oxford , so he thought I should apply there , because I would have a greater chance of getting in . |
| 17 | When I got back , I found a card from Ivy asking me to lunch — yesterday — Thursday ; and John had written to Ivy to say he thought I could go , and so I did , and she was pleased to have the loukoumi . |
| 18 | Denis , who watched my part of the show every night , would often give me odd notes on inflections he 'd have preferred done another way or phrasing he thought I could improve on . |