How did his uncle think he was living?

"There are things that should not be decided before I have been heard, whatever my uncle thinks."

She married badly, at least that's what my uncle thinks.

My uncle thought it might be a place to stay.

"My uncle thought me wrong, and I knew he had been talking to you."

It's not clear whether the uncle thinks the boy was endangered or is simply irritated to see him lose his gun.

The lady happened to bend forward at the same time, and my uncle thought she looked more beautiful than she had done yet.

"Your uncle thought you'd make a good waterman," she said.

My uncle, to be frank, thinks that you are the cat's whiskers!

My uncle thought I would surely be safe, because his estate is so isolated.