Example sentences of "[vb past] thought the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This morning he 'd thought the sky was just a blue thing with clouds . |
| 2 | Magistrates said they 'd thought the bail conditions were strict enough to stop Hagans re-offending . |
| 3 | She had thought the shapechanger was in control of what was occurring on the planet . |
| 4 | His opponents , and even his own prime minister , had thought the majority of voters would support the president but vote against his economic policies . |
| 5 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |
| 6 | The Board instructed their clerk to communicate with the governors of the infirmary on the matter , and in his reply a week later , the house surgeon there ( who acted as hospital secretary ) said that he had thought the case capable of being treated as an out-patient . |
| 7 | She had been six years old then and she had thought the fireworks the most beautiful sight in the world . |
| 8 | She remembered how huge she had thought the Longhills ' kitchen on her arrival in Nordale , and reckoned that it would have fitted into a corner of this one . |
| 9 | He had thought the death of his uncle , Sir Nelson , would bring about the end of his monetary problems , but Sir Nelson 's wealth was in his land and livestock . |
| 10 | The exertions of the first five miles when he had thought the Dragoons might burst from behind every hedgerow or farmhouse had exhausted both the Major and his horse , so once he felt safe he sensibly slowed to a contemplative and restoring walk . |
| 11 | I had thought the moonlight was diffused through cloud , so general was the dim light . |
| 12 | She had thought the time had gone when thoughts of Jake could upset her . |
| 13 | ‘ Something I had thought the people of this land had done with . |
| 14 | He accepted they had thought the flat was empty and had been put under pressure by Allen to start the fire by squirting petrol through the letterbox . |
| 15 | She had thought the department store that stood opposite the theatre unassailable in its pale-green elegance . |