Example sentences of "[noun] thought [pron] [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 2 | In fact , Flaherty thought it was a better idea than invoking the Draoicht Suan until it was explained to him that unless Pumlumon did invoke it , they would all of them be roasting on spits in the Gruagach 's sculleries before the night was out , to which he said that giants had always been partial to roast Gnome and he had always thought it was a mistake to come to Tara in the first place . |
| 3 | Perhaps the Indians thought it was a religious thing , like celebrating the 500th anniversary of a cathedral or whatever . |
| 4 | With Shadow Cabinet Ministers , Labour MPs and Prospective Labour MPs ( including the candidate for Orkney and Shetland , John Aberdeen from Stromness ) at the conference , the Action Committee thought it was a good opportunity to make a lot of politicians aware of the situation very quickly . |
| 5 | Even the judge thought it was a great idea , Nick , because on a boat Rickie will be far away from temptation . ’ |
| 6 | Her new boyfriend was a young businessman and drove a Sprite and Pam thought he was a good catch . |
| 7 | Wilkinson thought it was the worst header of his career ! |
| 8 | Behind the mountains , Amundsen thought there was a high plateau of ice . |
| 9 | Carrie thought it was the saddest sound site had ever heard . |
| 10 | Most importantly he misjudged the direction of the wind.He thought it was a light southerly it was north westerly . |
| 11 | Cathbad thought it was a good site . |
| 12 | Inwardly Shamlou shuddered , but Matchsticks thought it was a huge joke and laughed loudly . |
| 13 | Martha thought it was a beautiful school ; all the pupils were girls , most of them were white , and some of them arrived in cars even larger than her own . |
| 14 | I 'm not blaming them , but your mother and father thought it was a good idea , and foolishly I went along with them . |
| 15 | At the start of the campaign people thought it was the main issue being stressed by the Conservatives , but they soon changed their minds . |
| 16 | ‘ People thought it was an early April Fool 's joke at first , ’ he said last week . |
| 17 | Even as he asked it , Coffin thought it was a monstrous question to pose . |
| 18 | ‘ The photographer thought it was a great prop but wanted David to hold it . |
| 19 | And then he would take that complaint , if the branch committee approved it , you see , or nine times out of ten if the branch secretary thought it was a valid case , he would send it in a letter to the sectional council . |
| 20 | The man thought everything was a big joke . |
| 21 | Tony Nelson thought it was a tremendous start . |
| 22 | The Porter was smiling , and Peter thought he was a nice , friendly person . |
| 23 | The locals thought she was a stuck-up bitch from Belfast , which she played up to the hilt , and the other guests — foreigners , mostly Dutch and Germans by their collar sizes — were taken by her vivacity , and the calm indulgence of the quiet , handsome man opposite her , who said little , smiled a lot , and ordered a second full fried breakfast in a way that had the waitress fit to melt into his arms . |
| 24 | TV presenter Michaela Strachan thought she was an early April Fool victim when she made her debut on The Really Wild Show . |
| 25 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 26 | In the morning Riven lay half awake , listening to the sound of the water close at hand , and for a few moments thought it was a quiet tide outside the bothy . |
| 27 | In fact , one of the Road Traffic boys thought she was a Libyan terrorist at first . |
| 28 | ‘ The other kids at school thought I was a real wimp but they accepted me because I was always cheeky to the teachers . |
| 29 | ‘ My mother thought it was a safe job but it just was n't for me . ’ |
| 30 | The word did n't fool either of them , but Culley thought it was a reasonable indulgence . |