Example sentences of "thought it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , many felt its power had become too great and thought it no bad thing when it was forced to close , I believe in 1932 or 1933 . |
| 2 | Cadfael felt it , but thought it no more than the tension of the sortes . |
| 3 | So I thought it no less than my duty to book us into somewhere special on the west coast for a week . |
| 4 | He had never done one and always thought it a dangerous manoeuvre to execute . |
| 5 | The church historian Norman Sykes thought it a bad choice for the see , too party a man for a see which needed breadth of mind . |
| 6 | Ramsey thought it a protection against wrongful ceremony to understand its principles . |
| 7 | Ramsey made a speech which disconcerted the managers of the conference , who thought it a bad example of English insularity . |
| 8 | He thought it a mistake for the Prince to make his first visit in the shadow of such a legendary figure . |
| 9 | ‘ I — we — thought it a good idea at the time , with the late closing and it so hard to get people off the premises — and all the cleaning up to be done afterwards … ‘ |
| 10 | Gerhard thought it a charming example of English eccentricity and placed the quid tenderly in the mince-stained pocket of whatever Oxfam-reject he was wearing . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought it a lot more than that ! ’ |
| 12 | He thought it a crime that folds should be moved from their place on his shoulder . |
| 13 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 14 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 15 | The party 's political managers thought it a ruinous ploy in election year . |
| 16 | Often , in private , one thought it a pretty silly instinct . |
| 17 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 18 | A further 25 per cent thought it a ‘ likely possibility ’ ; 41 per cent thought |
| 19 | He thought it a fine idea , and presently excused himself — returning with a bottle of Mrs Westaway 's cowslip wine , in which to drink to the new venture . |
| 20 | They all thought it a great joke . |
| 21 | I thought it a bit extreme to take the unit off as I 've found a much simpler way of stopping this problem of the springs sounding off in the back . |
| 22 | She thought it a mite expensive , but it looked a respectable place , and Mrs Taylor had been sympathetic about Grandfather . |
| 23 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |
| 24 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 25 | Anabelle thought it a splendid treat , and drank it down at once . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ The nurses thought it a huge joke . ’ |
| 27 | A hundred years of county council government seems a strange reason to create a long distance path , but North Yorkshire County Council thought it a good enough excuse . |
| 28 | Even his own father thought it a big weakness . |
| 29 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
| 30 | Either way I thought it a nice gesture , and when I next caught his eye I smiled . |