Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] was [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I suppose you 're right , he probably thought I was just a harmless English eccentric ! |
| 2 | I told the director to put that in his film but , of course , he thought I was just a mad old teapot . ’ |
| 3 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 4 | I thought I was quite a reasonable driver , I got as far as running at the front in World Sports Car Championships erm finished on the podium several times in International Formula Three erm |
| 5 | The village people clearly thought she was not a good example for their children . |
| 6 | He thought she was rather a strange girl ; more like a boy most of the time , but there were parts about her he really liked . |
| 7 | He said , with his back to me , until you went away I thought it was just the usual thing . |
| 8 | I thought it was probably the other one who had rung , on the cadge . ’ |
| 9 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 10 | I thought it was rather a bad sign that I was told I could , as a family friend , go in at any time . |
| 11 | As one of Briggs ' former colleagues , Dr Peter Friedland , now head of RIACS , politely expressed it : ‘ People thought it was not a substantial contribution ’ . |
| 12 | I felt sorry for them , thought it was quite a decent thing to do . |
| 13 | So would you mind describing how you got it up there again cos I thought it was quite a good story . |
| 14 | Erm , very briefly , erm , Councillor passed over to me , erm , a report from the planning committee about planning policy guidelines , the countryside and the rural economy , and I thought it was quite a good paper , so we 've copied it and sent it round to you . |
| 15 | I thought it was quite a good joke myself |
| 16 | At first , when I did , I thought it was purely a physical dependence I 'd been afraid of , because I was so slow to understand . |
| 17 | I knew she kept her statements at the bank and went and saw the bank manager now and again , but I thought it was only a few hundred . |
| 18 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 19 | He thought he was just a working actor . |
| 20 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 21 | Oh I thought he was dead a long time ago . |
| 22 | That is , he thought he was still the amiable , easy-going champion he had been , when in reality he was a harried man who was beginning to learn about defeat and humiliation . |