Example sentences of "[pron] thought [prep] the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 2 | I hoped so , and I was going to take the risk of finding out , but then Bill started talking about your once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel , and I thought about the fact that I 'm thirty-four and you 're twenty-two … ’ |
| 3 | I thought at the beginning that you were working with him , that it was your revenge for Eddie 's death . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought at the time that leaving John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers was a bit speculative , even though Peter , Mick ( Fleetwood ) and myself had already cut a couple of tracks within the Bluesbreakers band format , one of which was called Fleetwood Mac . |
| 5 | Certainly I thought at the time that Hunt would end up sponsored by Marlboro and driving a McLaren . |
| 6 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 7 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 8 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 9 | I thought from the beginning that this conversation was a mistake . |
| 10 | ‘ But I thought from the title that it might have something special to say to you . |
| 11 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 12 | Sophie said shortly , ‘ I 'm sure she will , ’ then relapsed into silence and tried to hide her apprehension as she thought of the task that lay ahead . |
| 13 | By the time she arrived , still wrestling with this dramatic rearrangement of the stars in the family constellation , she had the beginnings of a bad headache , and it was only as she turned into the drive and saw the lights and heard voices and music spilling from the house that she thought about the party that was still , clearly , very much in progress . |
| 14 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |
| 15 | He thought about the way that Overdene looked at him from his glass cubbyhole whenever Henry was twenty minutes late from lunch . |
| 16 | Holly smiled to himself , chuckled softly , because he saw in his mind the face of the man who had brought the food to the hatch , and he thought of the retribution that would fall on the cretin 's shoulders . |
| 17 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |