Example sentences of "[pron] thought for a [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought for a minute you had that look about you . ’ |
2 | ‘ I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk . |
3 | I thought for a second he was going to burn it , but instead he tore it into tiny scraps that he tossed into the warm wind . |
4 | I thought for a second she was smoking so I avoided her and I do n't think she noticed me. when I came out , there was Shelima 's science book in a wash-basin smouldering away . |
5 | " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said . |
6 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
7 | He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me . |
8 | I thought for a moment he was gathering his coat tails around him , like a woman would gather a long skirt , but it was n't that at all . |
9 | I thought for a moment he meant the tobacco industry , but realised that when big business and jobs are involved the 100,000 deaths per year counts for nothing . |
10 | I thought for a start it was because moving the dead body might have been a very messy business . |
11 | ‘ Someone said they thought for a moment you were your mother . ’ |
12 | Thinking so hard about it , he thought for a moment he was hearing guns . |