Example sentences of "[noun] thought [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the Germans bust the tunnels wide open , both parties thought they had justified themselves . |
| 2 | A woman in her mid-fifties emerged from it and , despite the fact that hazel eyes smiled at her , Lucy thought she looked rather pale , almost as if she were feeling unwell . |
| 3 | But there was no answering smile on Silas 's face , and , watching him , Lucy thought she detected the suspicion of a grim line about his mobile mouth . |
| 4 | Bernice thought she detected more than a suggestion of injured pride in his rigid stance . |
| 5 | A cashier thought she recognized him as the man who had done it . |
| 6 | Later that evening , as the Churchill faction talked and drank and lived it out again , Bob Boothby claimed the honour , although Edward thought he had seen Leo Amery mouth the words . |
| 7 | Keynes thought it resembled a Gruyère cheese — holes without the surrounding cheese ! |
| 8 | After a day on the track with Formula One driver Martin Brundle , Neil Lyndon thought he knew all about driving a racing car . |
| 9 | At least that was what Steven thought he had shouted ; it might have been a different number , but it was something like that . |
| 10 | Jinkwa thought he saw the parasite raise its weapon in a puny gesture of defiance . |
| 11 | I suppose the defendant thought he had some benefit ; at any rate , there is a detriment to the plaintiff from his parting with the possession for even so short a time . |
| 12 | ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula . |
| 13 | Until then , colleagues and readers thought she had been happily married to the man she always referred affectionately to as Proopsie . |
| 14 | Lambert looked at him with such energy that for a moment Killion thought he had discovered a way out of it . |
| 15 | At first , just for a second , Meredith thought she had seen the placard and was going over to argue the point . |
| 16 | Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all . |
| 17 | The industry thought he needed redemption . |
| 18 | Ken thought he had got the idea of the play all wrong and I think in that I have to agree with Ken . |
| 19 | Over the years Solihull has perfected the art of stepping-stone marketing — improving models just when the opposition thought it had caught up . |
| 20 | Phil who 's seventeen and works as a barman in Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire thought he 'd won one hundred and sixteen thousand pounds by correctly predicting the first three horses in the Derby . |
| 21 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
| 22 | In so far as Freud thought he had done psychology as a natural science , he has been vulnerable to critics within psychology who have applied natural scientific criteria to his work and found it wanting . |
| 23 | As she waited for sleep , Dot thought she saw the face of the coat-owner gazing out of the dark with a complexion as pale and refined as tissue-paper . |
| 24 | It was not until a long time afterwards that Catriona thought she understood the reason Sarah seemed young , which was simple : she looked directly at everyone and let them look back at her . |
| 25 | The drum disappeared beneath him and Marie thought he 'd lost it but as it shot to the surface Gazzer yelled : ‘ It 's pulling him free ! ’ |
| 26 | For a wild moment , Marie thought she meant the notes . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't I know that fella ? ’ said Dad , who because of his memory loss thought he 'd already seen every film or play he watched , had read every book he attempted , and knew every story he heard . |
| 28 | ‘ All through The Graduate Nichols thought he 'd made a mistake in casting me . |
| 29 | At one point , when the cab driver crashed a late amber light , Manville thought he had shaken off his pursuer , only to identify the vehicle a few moments later as it re-emerged from another side-street . |
| 30 | Dickie thought he looked half-daft . |