Example sentences of "thought that [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had thought that the one good thing about being posted to a permanent , that is a pre-war , RAF Station , was that at least the Waaf quarters should consist of solid , brickbuilt barracks and not the Nissen huts which had been my home so far . |
| 2 | In the afternoon I had thought that the only important thing was that I was alive , now I wished that I was dead . |
| 3 | Indeed , it is thought that the first domestic animals may have originated as wild babies brought home by the hunters for their womenfolk to rear . |
| 4 | I should have thought that the right hon. Member for Chingford , who believes , apparently , in freedom of choice in all matters , would have supported the right of freedom to choose independent legal advice . |
| 5 | I might have thought that the right hon. Gentleman would draw the attention of the House to his views on the two new clauses , but I do not recall him even mentioning them . |
| 6 | One type of reservation relates to the class nature of adoption : it is thought that the observed beneficial effects of adoption stem mostly from the tendency of adoption to move children to a somewhat higher social class than that of the family of origin . |