Example sentences of "thought it was a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the Indians thought it was a religious thing , like celebrating the 500th anniversary of a cathedral or whatever . |
| 2 | ‘ 'Cos I thought it was a daft idea . |
| 3 | I thought it was a terrible lot of money when I saw it . |
| 4 | ‘ It just seemed like a ridiculous idea but I thought it was a nice place to go and have a look around , ’ he admits . |
| 5 | But it seems clear that some people , perhaps the members of the monastery themselves , thought it was a serious possibility , and they took steps to ensure that neither Lanfranc nor anyone else would be able to carry out this sweeping measure of reform . |
| 6 | If I thought it was a serious attempt at robbery there would have been a severe sentence indeed . ’ |
| 7 | I thought it was a normal training session . |
| 8 | I often thought it was a pointless exercise , but , as he said , ‘ If you do n't ask , you do n't get ’ , and he hoped that eventually they 'd get so fed up with him that they 'd deliver . |
| 9 | Coun. Dave Walsh said he thought it was a visible demonstration of the slump in the property market . |
| 10 | Somebody would 've been drunk that night you see , half past nine at night , thought it was a good trick . |
| 11 | Nicholson 's interest in writing was re-awakened by his scriptwriting assistance on The Terror , and his next project was a screenplay in which he was encouraged by Roger Corman , who thought it was a good idea because though he personally felt Nicholson showed great potential as an actor , others around him did not always agree . |
| 12 | ‘ We thought it was a good idea to hold a pre-Christmas sale rather than a New Year one because many of our dresses are suitable for Christmas . ’ |
| 13 | The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea . |
| 14 | I 'm not blaming them , but your mother and father thought it was a good idea , and foolishly I went along with them . |
| 15 | it 's helped to build our business and erm in fact we thought it was a good idea er during the course of this conversation that I 'm having with you |
| 16 | You thought it was a good idea did n't you ? |
| 17 | We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea . |
| 18 | I thought it was a good idea at the time . |
| 19 | But 80 per cent thought it was a good idea . |
| 20 | she took that out in the , in the same year as we started the mortgage , she thought it was a good idea to take some extra saving . |
| 21 | I thought it was a good idea . |
| 22 | She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it . |
| 23 | Well I thought it was a good film . |
| 24 | Rik Maio , I ca n't stand him like , I enjoyed it , I thought it was a good film |
| 25 | I thought it was a good performance . |
| 26 | With Shadow Cabinet Ministers , Labour MPs and Prospective Labour MPs ( including the candidate for Orkney and Shetland , John Aberdeen from Stromness ) at the conference , the Action Committee thought it was a good opportunity to make a lot of politicians aware of the situation very quickly . |
| 27 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 28 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 29 | ‘ We thought it was a good table and three seasons ago about £120 was spent having it professionally polished . |
| 30 | ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said . |