Example sentences of "think [pron] [was/were] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think I was told a great deal about the facts of life .
2 I mean honestly you 'd have thought they were building a ruddy house there would n't you ?
3 In this case , the Court of Appeal held that there had been a breach of s14(2) as the plaintiff had thought he was buying a second-hand enthusiast 's car in good condition at a fair price when in fact he was buying , at the same price , a car which no one , knowing its history ( a car insurance write-off because it had been submerged in water for over 24 hours ) , would have bought at other than at a substantially reduced price .
4 Then a reaction set in , I thought I was getting a silly schoolgirl hero-pash on him , and the other thing began to happen .
5 I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on .
6 ‘ I thought I was marrying a fellow immoralist ; scratch her and it 's a New England Governess . ’
7 oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money
8 He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’
9 The person started to read their paper on Moses , and I thought she was doing a good job of it , this guy suddenly got up and said , I 'm Jewish , I 'm not listening to any more of this , and stormed out .
10 And , well mummy thought she was doing a good
11 We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon .
12 Not really , was , though I thought we were offering a reasonable price taking everything into consideration
13 ‘ I thought we were to have a private discussion … about Aschmann , ’ he said insolently .
14 At first they thought they were fighting a small local plan , but they 're now calling this road a ’ motorway by stealth ’ .
15 The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition .
16 He thought he was having a secret affair , and everyone thought I did n't know and was terribly sympathetic .
17 Even the Treasury thought he was paying a ridiculous price , but that was up to him .
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