Example sentences of "[noun] think [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A soft animal noise like gargling Dot thought at first must be Gloria 's breathing . |
| 2 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 3 | Or so Tallis thought at first . |
| 4 | With the exception of Mona Lisa , it examines in depth only recently cleaned paintings , analysing changes in colour thinking from fifteenth to sixteenth century , from the Cennini system to that of the post-Leonardo artists . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what Ubaldo thought at first . |
| 6 | In appearance he was a tall and forbidding character , whom Cleo thought at first was rather too grim of face . |
| 7 | Cleo thought at first that the net would only drift right through the spirit , but it swiftly formed a sparkling ball round its prey , and Apanage lost no time in drawing the opening of the silk tightly together . |
| 8 | Abbott thought at first that Cambridge was bound to win . |
| 9 | Jacob thought at first , perhaps , that he was wrestling with a brother intent on killing him and getting his revenge . |