Example sentences of "[noun] think at [adj] " 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 | The owner thinks at this stage that the batteries are okay , and starts to fear an expensive repair will be required . |
| 5 | In so far as Derek thought at all about who had murdered Maurice Abberley — or why — he supposed a crazed hitch-hiker must have been responsible . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's what Ubaldo thought at first . |
| 7 | In appearance he was a tall and forbidding character , whom Cleo thought at first was rather too grim of face . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Abbott thought at first that Cambridge was bound to win . |
| 10 | Jacob thought at first , perhaps , that he was wrestling with a brother intent on killing him and getting his revenge . |
| 11 | Do you think young men think at all about looking after children or or or child care ? |
| 12 | Nevertheless , there are certain major figures who stand behind curriculum thinking at both levels . |
| 13 | It drowned out her ability to think clearly — in fact , her ability to think at all ! |