Example sentences of "thought for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I stopped the car and thought for a bit . |
2 | Ethel thought for a minute . |
3 | Henry Tyler thought for a moment , ‘ That 's an acronym I have n't come across . ’ |
4 | I thought for a moment . |
5 | I thought for a while . |
6 | Erika thought for a moment — a brief moment . |
7 | Thinking so hard about it , he thought for a moment he was hearing guns . |
8 | Gazzer thought for a minute . |
9 | Marie thought for a moment , then got up , suddenly decisive . |
10 | He thought for a second about the Brigadier 's last biased pronouncement , found himself immediately incensed , and launched impetuously into a passionate rebuttal . |
11 | Elinor thought for a minute or two and then made her decision . |
12 | They never thought for a moment about reverting to conventional agriculture , although Gareth had come from a research job with ICI . |
13 | Sam thought for a second he could smell damp straw — ’ … and carried many miles to a place they have never seen before and from which they can never return . |
14 | She looked away and Trent thought for a moment that she would leave it alone , but then she looked back and asked quickly , to get it out , ‘ Did your mother leave him for your father ? ’ |
15 | I never thought for a minute we 'd come off that green with a shot in hand ; maybe one shot behind , never in front . |
16 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
17 | Sean thought for a minute , then smiled at his brother . |
18 | Then she thought for a moment . |
19 | I thought for a moment . |
20 | The driver thought for a moment . |
21 | The doctor thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement . |
22 | I thought for a moment that I had come second ; I had n't seen Ben at all . |
23 | Marian thought for a moment . |
24 | She thought for a moment . |
25 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
26 | Kelly thought for a moment . |
27 | He thought for a moment that time had been operated on . |
28 | He thought for a while about this . |
29 | He thought for a moment , before going on . |
30 | Tamar thought for a moment that she was going to faint . |