Example sentences of "think it [was/were] [adv] a [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
9 | Well we thought it was either a rent man or somebody collecting for the council . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 ? |
12 | ‘ The editor thought it was now a bit out of date . ’ |
13 | ‘ I think it was just a build-up of ongoing tension between them , ’ Gina admitted unhappily . |
14 | I do n't , I think it was just a flash in the pan . |
15 | I think it was just a bug and I think it was caused by |
16 | Er erm I think , I mean they all eat most of them eat the ham , there were a few that sent it back I think it was probably a bit much for them . |
17 | ‘ I think it was probably a score-draw between Robert and myself . |
18 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
19 | I think it was almost a relief to him — after all this time . ’ |
20 | ‘ I think it was quite a victory , looking at ‘ The Aztecs ’ , that they allowed me some leeway there : having me chosen as the wife of the Warrior , which more or less said , look she 's marriageable now . |
21 | I , I think it was only a drop in the ocean really towards the national effort , but , but I remember erm at Darlaston , they used to build tanks over there and they , they used to pay us visits in sometimes they 'd send some of their men over in the tanks to give us a pep talk about the war effort and all that but er , they used to do things like that then to gee you up erm |
22 | And they had what they called a floating shop , you know just a bit of a s a boat that came , Oh I think it was once a week , and they used to go and get supplies off of it . |
23 | Now , I think there 's probably a very nice parallel here , I ca n't help thinking it was probably a bit better , must have been better organised in the Second World War , but there 's going to be a erm special exhibition here is n't there , on memories of change on Oxford in the Second World War , and of course there were a great many extra people there too . |