Example sentences of "thought this [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Before I read the book , I thought this was exactly the opposite of the truth . |
2 | Anyway , I thought this was strictly a business trip , ’ she added , a glint of mischief in her eyes . |
3 | Peter Davies , the 1988 winner of the silver arrow , was using a composite bow in order to have a better chance of winning , but next year he intended to shoot longbow for he thought this was really a longbow tournament . |
4 | I thought this was quite a plus actually , because we were able to get away with murder during the beginning , in some ways doing things that on paper looked very expensive but in reality balanced out over the year we were scheduled . ’ |
5 | He thought this was mainly a matter of size , but the preference holds in other places ( e.g. The Bristol Channel ) where the two barnacles are more evenly matched in this respect . |