Example sentences of "[pers pn] thought this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought this a viable way to use the Woodcarver , with its circular cutting motion giving a good effect for the hanging , clinging jungle . |
| 2 | For too long I thought this type of training was not the responsibility of the vet . |
| 3 | But then I thought this might not be understood by many people , and also , by the time it got to the Augean Bulls and the Birds of Stymphalus , it would be a little recondite for people like Terry Coleman . ’ |
| 4 | When the band became serious , I thought this is a far more contemporary and interesting way to make an artistic statement . |
| 5 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 6 | producer Mike Vernon , Gus Dudgeon , blah , blah , and this weird list of instruments like bass flute , contra bassoon , bass drum , etc and I thought this was very peculiar , but it was the early days of the Deram label and we used to do some pretty odd sessions . |
| 7 | Personally I thought this highly unlikely . |
| 8 | Like many of his pronouncements , I thought this was facile . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought this was for North Yorkshire , ’ complained an old lady . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought this was supposed to be the goody , goody girl I live next door to , ’ said one wide-eyed recording chief as he watched Kylie cavort provocatively below him . |
| 11 | In fact at one stage I thought this lack of drama might make poor reading , however , as I progressed I realised that the Club 's story was a neat piece of social-history entwined with personalities and tested by problems . |
| 12 | I thought this was quite early in the case for an aggravation , so I had him take a dose every other day after diluting the remedy in a second glass of water . |
| 13 | I thought this is a little strange , but I met him there . |
| 14 | I thought this year was going to be a slow year but it has n't been , it just keeps going . |
| 15 | I 've had my bath , after a satisfying day in the garden , and so I thought this would be a good moment to put pen to paper . |
| 16 | I thought this an excellent illustration of how differing good intentions can lead to conflict . |
| 17 | Why I thought this I do n't know , but I did . |
| 18 | I thought this was marvellous . |
| 19 | I thought this was unfair , and I 'm very glad that since then the system has changed . |
| 20 | I thought this photograph might be of interest to you . |
| 21 | I thought this would put an end to the tyranny of clothes . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought this was supposed to be a happy birthday , ’ he groaned after making a mess of two strokes . |
| 23 | At first I thought this must have been intended for someone else and began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope . |
| 24 | I thought this idea might work well if transposed to pressed flowers . |
| 25 | I thought this a stupid attitude , rather as if people sitting comfortably in a first-class railway carriage should complain that being an engine driver was a filthy occupation . |
| 26 | I thought this tip would be useful for other intarsia knitters too . |
| 27 | I thought this is how everybody writes songs ! ’ |
| 28 | As we drove to Alec Reid 's house for our first dinner together — and the first sight of his house — I said , ‘ You know , Alec , I thought this was going to be a simple unsophisticated life on the next best thing to a coral atoll . |
| 29 | Ali himself has acknowledged this : ‘ I started boxing because I thought this was the fastest way for a black person to make it in this country ’ ( quoted by Torres , 1971 , p.83 ) . |
| 30 | Louis Gerstner received a lesson on Friday on just how tough it will be to lead IBM Corp in the midst of its economic woes , as he was showered with difficult questions about his qualifications to lead a computer company , Dow Jones & Co reports : Gerstner was also asked to explain why he left RJR to lead IBM — ‘ I thought this was an extraordinary opportunity , ’ he said , and asked if he felt he had completed his job at RJR , Gerstner responded ‘ I do n't think the job is ever finished as chief of a large company . ’ |