Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] thought for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hair was fair , so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently , Elizabeth Lavenza . |
| 2 | He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me . |
| 3 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 4 | Well Mary said if I thought for a minute that she would stick at it , I would pay for her but |
| 5 | ‘ Be reasonable , ’ Johnny whispered , and she thought for a moment that he was going to hit her . |
| 6 | His lips hesitated , and she thought for a moment that he was going to draw her away , but he gave a low groan and his mouth moved against hers again . |
| 7 | And she thought for a moment of little Mrs Richards , and the regrets she had lived with for fifty years . |
| 8 | But I thought for a girl that 's |