Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain thought she was trying for a dramatic effect , but she was a poor actress and the result was that she looked petulant . |
| 2 | We thought we were going for a month or so , until the fighting died down . |
| 3 | They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old . |
| 4 | The hostess of the coffee place thought they were waiting for a table and corrected them for not standing in the queue . |
| 5 | The Doctor nodded to himself as one piece of the puzzle clicked into place , explaining why everyone thought he was looking for a missing British Consul , obviously this man . |
| 6 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 7 | For one terrible second she thought he was reaching for the knife . |
| 8 | I thought he was going for the interview for the job |
| 9 | The candidate thought he was going for an interview to be MD when the client thought he was to meet the proposed finance director . |