Example sentences of "thought [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 2 | I thought I heard a thankless boy raising his voice against those that clothed him and suckled him and spent out a fortune on the making of him . |
| 3 | Farmer-Patrick admitted : ‘ I thought I ran a good race . |
| 4 | Farmer-Patrick admitted : ‘ I thought I ran a good race . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was an effect of the screen , but I thought I saw a flush rise on her throat . |
| 6 | Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood . |
| 7 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
| 8 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
| 10 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |
| 11 | However , he then faded from the scene and afterwards said : ‘ I had a lot of clutch trouble and I 'm bitterly disappointed for I thought I had a real chance . ’ |
| 12 | After a decade spent watching the workings of the modern monarchy , writing numerous books , and pontificating on TV and radio around the world about the royal family , I thought I had a solid knowledge of the subject . |
| 13 | He probably thought I had a soft heart . |
| 14 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 15 | I thought I detected a faint smile on his lips , but I did not smile back because my heart was in a turmoil . |
| 16 | I thought I detected a knowing smile on the face of the Scouse as he ignored his critics , the flies , the mosquitoes , the smells , and settled into his armchair at the entrance to the latrine . |
| 17 | I thought you had a long Christmas break ? |
| 18 | I thought you had a good chance there . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you had a king-sized crush on that singer we had at the club three weeks ago . |
| 20 | Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour . |
| 21 | Oh I thought you said a running car then . |
| 22 | I thought you got a little brochure through your door . |
| 23 | Alarmed , she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her . |
| 24 | A little round hill , a sort of headland , thrust itself out into the estuary slightly to her right , and beyond it , she thought she saw a great bay , a giant bite out of the smooth slope of grassy shore . |
| 25 | When Mrs Thatcher chose Mr Major to protect her legacy , she no doubt thought she knew a safe deposit when she saw one . |
| 26 | It had arrived quite quickly , and they had said that they thought she had a burst ulcer . |
| 27 | She was an attractive woman , but I never thought she had a human feeling in her . |
| 28 | ‘ I could see how dark it was and it was on my mind and I thought she rushed a little bit but it worked in my favour , ’ said McNeil . |
| 29 | D McIntyre Funny , I always thought she looked a little bit like Blues official DESSIE Moore … could they be related ? |
| 30 | Dora accepted these ministrations without protest , but Melissa thought she detected a growing restiveness and a thinly veiled relief when at last they said goodnight and returned to their own room . |