Example sentences of "think [pron] was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 2 | I do n't think she was expecting anything like that . ’ |
| 3 | I was here in the city all the time ; watching its every move while it — and you — thought I was disporting myself in sunnier climes . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I was getting you to . ’ |
| 5 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 6 | I thought I was talking somebody in |
| 7 | So in some way I must have passed on my fear to my children , even though I thought I was doing everything in my power to avoid doing so . |
| 8 | She soon realised that Stephen 's mother thought she was demeaning herself by ‘ hobnobbing with the peasantry ’ but Stephen was grateful for her interest and that was all that mattered to Tamar . |
| 9 | I thought he was telling us about a mountain he climbed . |
| 10 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
| 11 | I thought he was having us on exaggerating — because there were always people hanging out , trying to crash Malcolm 's scene . |
| 12 | The girl beside him thought he was saying something to her and looked away . |