Example sentences of "think [det] [was/were] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that was rather a lot . |
| 2 | Yeah I was just looking at erm I thought that was quite a bit of resolute defending there from er Whitlow . |
| 3 | Anyway , I thought this was strictly a business trip , ’ she added , a glint of mischief in her eyes . |
| 4 | Peter Davies , the 1988 winner of the silver arrow , was using a composite bow in order to have a better chance of winning , but next year he intended to shoot longbow for he thought this was really a longbow tournament . |
| 5 | I thought this was quite a plus actually , because we were able to get away with murder during the beginning , in some ways doing things that on paper looked very expensive but in reality balanced out over the year we were scheduled . ’ |
| 6 | He thought this was mainly a matter of size , but the preference holds in other places ( e.g. The Bristol Channel ) where the two barnacles are more evenly matched in this respect . |