Example sentences of "thought the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A police spokesman said it is thought the boy ran out in front of a Ford Fiesta car driven by Jacqueline Springett , 21 , of Coniston Street , Darlington . |
| 2 | Any of you who read about Ade Mafe 's trials with Wigan in the morning papers may have thought the story sounded familiar . |
| 3 | It is thought the name means ‘ the enclosure of the family of Loca ’ and the settlement dates from Anglo-Saxon times . |
| 4 | It is thought the decision to fly separately provoked a security nightmare for the protection officers . |
| 5 | The government of course are getting capital receipt now , but sale we only expected to bring in some seven hundred million , it was thought the budget made for three or four days against the to be measure but there are only much more important arguments in the financial consideration in my opinion . |
| 6 | And it is thought the boss did a ‘ Paddy Ashdown ’ by coming clean before the affair was revealed in a newspaper . |
| 7 | It 's thought the burglar got into the shared house in Divinity Road in Oxford through an open window . |
| 8 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 9 | It 's thought the fire broke out after she left the gas on . |
| 10 | It 's thought the fire broke out after she left the gas on . |
| 11 | He owls weep , he would faint , he would rant , he would laugh moan or shriek-as thought the situation demanded . |
| 12 | You 'd have thought the end had come . |
| 13 | She had thought the time had gone when thoughts of Jake could upset her . |
| 14 | We have the president of the board of trade and industry making a stirring speech and saying that four hundred and forty proposals as a result of the booklet called cutting red tape were either being implemented or under active consideration and he talked about the explanatory guide to the bill , the new scrutiny committee that might be set up in each house , he spoke about the business task forces that had made over six hundred recommendations the debate I thought heralded was er er I thought the debate heralded er er a new age where over zealous officialdom would be a thing of the past . |
| 15 | ‘ But I would have thought the role called for a mature lead . |