Example sentences of "thought it [was/were] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We told them she was losing the baby , but they thought it was just a scam for her to get out of the cell . |
| 2 | ‘ You thought it was just a gag , ’ Susan said . |
| 3 | When Jancey asked him to help me out , he thought it was just a neighbour under threat . |
| 4 | I thought it was just a decoration . |
| 5 | I liked the Western Systems WS486SX/33 : I thought it was just a cut above the other three I tested . |
| 6 | I thought it was just a bang on the head . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well we thought it was either a rent man or somebody collecting for the council . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | ‘ The editor thought it was now a bit out of date . ’ |