Example sentences of "[noun prp] thought [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1	A woman in her mid-fifties emerged from it and , despite the fact that hazel eyes smiled at her , Lucy thought she looked rather pale , almost as if she were feeling unwell .
2	But there was no answering smile on Silas 's face , and , watching him , Lucy thought she detected the suspicion of a grim line about his mobile mouth .
3	Bernice thought she detected more than a suggestion of injured pride in his rigid stance .
4	Several times , Bernice thought she was getting the better of him , only to realise that he was toying with her expectations and reactions .
5	Later that evening , as the Churchill faction talked and drank and lived it out again , Bob Boothby claimed the honour , although Edward thought he had seen Leo Amery mouth the words .
6	I think David thought he was the artist and he knew what he wanted to do — which I think is actually true — the artist basically does know what he wants to do — but I think the manager should just be there to sort out the finance and try to keep you on a the straight and narrow .
7	Keynes thought it resembled a Gruyère cheese — holes without the surrounding cheese !
8	Britta thought it was unhealthy .
9	After a day on the track with Formula One driver Martin Brundle , Neil Lyndon thought he knew all about driving a racing car .
10	A mini psychopath , I thought , and maybe not so mini , at that , if Xanthe thought he should be in jail .
11	At least that was what Steven thought he had shouted ; it might have been a different number , but it was something like that .
12	In fact , Flaherty thought it was a better idea than invoking the Draoicht Suan until it was explained to him that unless Pumlumon did invoke it , they would all of them be roasting on spits in the Gruagach 's sculleries before the night was out , to which he said that giants had always been partial to roast Gnome and he had always thought it was a mistake to come to Tara in the first place .
13	Secord thought it was good , it was trumping them .
14	Jinkwa thought he saw the parasite raise its weapon in a puny gesture of defiance .
15	‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula .
16	At first , just for a second , Meredith thought she had seen the placard and was going over to argue the point .
17	Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all .
18	For an extraordinary moment , because of the faint frown he gave , Meredith thought he was n't sure , and then he recovered his poise .
19	Meredith thought it was the smile of the cat who 'd found a whole vat of cream .
20	Alcuin thought he might be employed in making peace , but the fact that he found it necessary to protest that he had never been disloyal to Offa suggests that his allegiances were being called into question .
21	Roman ladies liked to sleep with their pearls and Caligula thought them worthy to decorate his favourite horse .
22	‘ Ooda thought it ? ’
23	Ken thought it was going to a good home .
24	He particularly disliked a sketch by Pinter and Cook which Fenella describes as ‘ beautifully written ’ — but Ken thought it was rubbish .
25	Ken thought he had got the idea of the play all wrong and I think in that I have to agree with Ken .
26	Ellen thought it safer not to go further into these particular matters .
27	Jean thought it most unfair to the organiser , in this case , Cecilia Taylor .
28	Phil who 's seventeen and works as a barman in Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire thought he 'd won one hundred and sixteen thousand pounds by correctly predicting the first three horses in the Derby .
29	Howes thought it a prescient occasion .
30	‘ Mr Dysart paid over the odds for charring , and my Wilfrid thought I was mad to give it up , but I was glad to go , believe you me , glad to be out of that house for good and all .

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