Example sentences of "think it [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet Union saw no need to remain in military terms and appears to have thought it was merely a matter of time before communism was extended to the southern half of the peninsula . |
| 2 | We told them she was losing the baby , but they thought it was just a scam for her to get out of the cell . |
| 3 | ‘ You thought it was just a gag , ’ Susan said . |
| 4 | When Jancey asked him to help me out , he thought it was just a neighbour under threat . |
| 5 | I thought it was just a decoration . |
| 6 | I liked the Western Systems WS486SX/33 : I thought it was just a cut above the other three I tested . |
| 7 | I thought it was just a bang on the head . |
| 8 | I thought it was just an absolute on one of those not all . |
| 9 | I wonder whether he thought it was just the way the English talked , or whether he thought I was peculiar … |
| 10 | At first , I thought it was just the Luciferi but , on one occasion , I am sure it was due to intervention from the English court . ’ |
| 11 | According to Buried Alive , the 1973 biography of the singer by Myra Friedman , Joplin pleaded with Seth to force her to stop taking heroin , but he thought it was simply a play for more attention . |
| 12 | ‘ And I thought it was simply an invention of the card manufacturers ! ’ |
| 13 | Well we thought it was either a rent man or somebody collecting for the council . |
| 14 | We thought it was probably a Jap plane , and they were in the habit of swooping down and machine-gunning anybody , so , although it was a boiling hot day , I said to you children , ‘ Let's play a game of tag round that heap of stones , ’ thinking that at least we would not all get hit . |
| 15 | Her routine never varied by a second and Honor thought it was probably the spell of freedom after luncheon which enabled her to remain sane . |
| 16 | I thought it was quite an improvement . ’ |
| 17 | I thought it was still the term time . ’ |
| 18 | At first he thought it was merely the effect of looking too hard , and he blinked his eyes twice . |
| 19 | Thought it was only a day , and they were talking to somebody else on the ferry who said they did this trip every year did n't they ? |
| 20 | ‘ The editor thought it was now a bit out of date . ’ |
| 21 | Grierson , in fact , lived a singularly carefree and untroubled existence but Talbot thought it was hardly the time to point this out to him . |
| 22 | I do n't think it was just the change of publisher that did so much for this author , but her works have become more powerful . |
| 23 | Do you think it was just an excuse to get me out ? " |
| 24 | I , I think it was largely the way most girls were treated . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it was just a build-up of ongoing tension between them , ’ Gina admitted unhappily . |
| 26 | I do n't , I think it was just a flash in the pan . |
| 27 | I think it was just a bug and I think it was caused by |
| 28 | I think it was just the thought that if one shift did n't turn up or if people stopped turning up , then others would n't turn up and it 'd just escalate until everyone was just sitting at home in front of the fire and the quarries would function as normal , and the fact , well certainly with me , I thought well we have to make an appearance to show people that we are still on strike and keep , you know everyone who drives past us will be saying , ah hello what 's up with them ? |
| 29 | I think it was just the thought that she 'd been on it you know , and a nice bit of heat and everything , relaxing . |
| 30 | He 'd noticed a slight waning in the receipts on Sex of One … though I think it was just the power crisis and the railways . |