Example sentences of "had think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Mr Menzies had thought of this he must have been keeping it for another Sunday . |
| 2 | Jack often thought he was n't quick enough to match Charlie 's easy repartee , but now he had thought of something that would make his friend smile . |
| 3 | He had thought of experimenting with three different subjects — maths , foreign languages and chess — but his financial circumstances in those days did not make it possible . |
| 4 | Nigel could be quite persistent when he had thought of something to make Gina miserable . |
| 5 | When he was a child Nigel had thought of peeing as sex . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think he 's on this wavelength , ’ she said , ‘ I had thought of having a holiday in one of the Martello towers if I do n't see him soon . ’ |
| 7 | Thoth interrupted his stream of self-justification with the sentiment that it agreed the eigen state theory was possible and then humorously pointed out that simply because Ewan had thought of it , it was infinitely more possible . |
| 8 | Yesterday he had thought of himself as a character in an obscene novel . |
| 9 | They saw better and I had more space to work in ; but no-one had thought of it before . |
| 10 | Once , she had thought of herself as so English that however happy she was abroad and even if married to an Italian she would always one day gravitate home . |
| 11 | Another time I shall talk about taxes , which , as we said in our election broadcast a week ago , we plan to reduce by being careful with your money — another good idea that no-one else had thought of . |
| 12 | ‘ Before I came , ’ Catherine said , ‘ I had thought of your function in biblical terms — to feed the hungry and succour the needy . |
| 13 | Henry had thought of taking this line , but the trouble was , he found , one became almost too jolly at Donald 's expense , the implication being that he , the jammy bastard , was well off out of it , while they , the real sufferers , were condemned to a few more years of the horrors of living in Wimbledon . |
| 14 | Many people in the black community , people that I had thought of as friends , said to me that I should not have worn the flag that night . |
| 15 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 16 | ‘ She touched his organ , and from that bright epoch , even it , the old companion of his happiest hours , incapable as he had thought of elevation , began a new and deified existence . ’ |
| 17 | If only he had thought of recorking his wine after dégorgement , then the perfectly limpid sparkling wine he had managed to achieve for himself and , no doubt , passed on as a ‘ tip ’ to others , would have been available to everybody . |
| 18 | He had thought of her as essentially a private woman who would be very little concerned with her neighbours or their problems . |
| 19 | The producer Jerome Hellman had seen Dustin in Eh ? and had thought of him for the part way back then . |
| 20 | It was very embarrassing and I was shocked at this behaviour from a person I had thought of as kind of shy and introverted . ’ |
| 21 | However , Lilian Peters , seeing how hurt Mrs Miller was , said that she thought that it was a good idea and after suggesting that a weekly gathering of the evacuated mothers and their infants would also be an excellent idea , Mrs Miller sat down beaming , because she believed she had thought of it herself . |
| 22 | Willie held the knife above the cake , screwed up his face till he had thought of a wish and then plunged the knife into the icing . |
| 23 | Though both in their early forties when they died , he had thought of them as old . |
| 24 | If he happened to be out when Sien came home , the flowers in front of the window by the wicker chair would let her know he had thought of her . |
| 25 | Joan had thought of it and could understand Anne 's feelings . |
| 26 | Until then he had thought of her as sulky , even wilful , and had in truth been no more anxious for the match than she . |
| 27 | Only one in ten said that it had been suggested to them by a salesman , agent or someone at the shop ; about three-quarters said instead that they personally had thought of it , and most of the rest that it had been suggested by their wife or husband . |
| 28 | His book was almost finished , and he had thought of a title : The Character Of Completeness . |
| 29 | ‘ I had thought of that myself , ’ says Colin |
| 30 | ‘ I had thought of that myself , I see what you mean , ’ Colin concludes . |