Example sentences of "thought in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 19 per cent who thought in 1987 he would make the best Prime Minister compares with 28 per cent today . |
| 2 | In all cases the necessity of balancing professional and academic requirements has been recognised , with the inexorable move toward a ‘ graduate ’ profession being accepted responsibly , though more slowly than for similar professions : ‘ It is a matter for concern that , compared with other professions surveying has not made a greater impact upon university life and thought in general ’ ( Wells Report , 1960 ) . |
| 3 | I understood that pantun was a form of Malayan poetry , and could not grasp how this might annihilate anything ; but , as he continued , I began to see — or I thought in that dazed state I saw that he believed all human perceptions to be governed by words and , indeed , distorted and ultimately betrayed by words . |
| 4 | ‘ T is what you thought in that hut , if you recall . ’ |
| 5 | Erm the tentative benefit you put in at the end of that you said is that okay and Maggie said yes erm the answer could be construed I , I thought in that basis well yes it 's okay so what whereas if you 'd 've said is that of interest to you |
| 6 | That thought in particular kept her warm as they left the restaurant for the bitter streets of the city . |
| 7 | He argued that Scotland has ‘ psychologically ’ moved over a watershed from belief in the public sector to belief in the private sector , although there were still too many public institutions , mainly local authorities , who thought in public ownership terms . |
| 8 | How could they , she thought in sudden sentiment , and the anger carried her on to the next street . |
| 9 | A home , she thought in sudden pain , which I 'll never share with him now . |
| 10 | Nevertheless it is instructive that the Christians of the ‘ great church ’ ( as a pagan writer , Celsus , called it c. 177–80 ) thought in this way about unity in diversity . |
| 11 | Surely it could n't be Jake ? she thought in startled panic . |
| 12 | I felt helpless in the face of my own infantile bad temper and sulkiness ; I could remember exactly how I 'd felt when I was six , and somebody was trying to cajole me into doing something I did n't want to do … in a minute , I thought in some recess of my mind , I 'll be stamping and shouting , " Wo n't ! " |
| 13 | But they never thought in those terms . |
| 14 | ‘ I never thought in those terms , officer . |
| 15 | I , I think that 's how you can interpret it , I , I do n't think he was I do n't think he thought in those terms . |
| 16 | No , I 'll bet you 're not , she thought in silent anger . |
| 17 | We 've never had a big dog before , but we thought in these violent days it might protect us . ’ |