Example sentences of "[pron] had think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had thought at the time , wrote Goldberg , turning the page , wiping his brow , taking a sip of orange juice from the glass on the desk beside him , dreaming for a moment of the cigarettes he had given up two years earlier , I had thought , he wrote , that an edited version of the text , with only those comments directly concerned with the Big Glass included , would serve you best . |
| 2 | I had thought at the time she had been referring to an officer on some survey vessel , the British Antarctic Survey 's supply ship perhaps , or else a pelagic fisherman or whaler , even an Antarctic explorer . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think he 's on this wavelength , ’ she said , ‘ I had thought of having a holiday in one of the Martello towers if I do n't see him soon . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Before I came , ’ Catherine said , ‘ I had thought of your function in biblical terms — to feed the hungry and succour the needy . |
| 5 | Many people in the black community , people that I had thought of as friends , said to me that I should not have worn the flag that night . |
| 6 | It was very embarrassing and I was shocked at this behaviour from a person I had thought of as kind of shy and introverted . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I had thought of that myself , ’ says Colin |
| 8 | ‘ I had thought of that myself , I see what you mean , ’ Colin concludes . |
| 9 | I had thought of the desert as sand , but it was stone ; red stone and harsh dust and a wide , stone sky . |
| 10 | I had thought of the Hobbses as shielding me like parents , but the nursery comfort was illusory . |
| 11 | She did n't ask me what my prospects were , or how much I earned , or whether I was sleeping with her daughter — all of which I had thought of as possible avenues of conversation . |
| 12 | Perhaps I had thought of it , but just had n't wanted to do it . |
| 13 | She lit a cigarette and asked what I had thought of Marie Claire . |
| 14 | She had no need for speech for she gave birth to — she uttered — The Word … ’ and , standing before the icon , so perfect in its gilded stillness , I had thought of the bodies of men , land-locked and mute , and I had felt sorry for them . |
| 15 | ‘ I had thought of getting a young man , ’ said Edwin , ‘ though perhaps in a way it 's hardly a job for a man . |
| 16 | ‘ I had thought of that , ’ Thorfinn said . |
| 17 | He asked me whether I had thought of taking it on , and if not why not . |
| 18 | I had thought about it seriously , examined the political parties with an open mind , and finally come to the conclusion that the Lib-Dems should have my vote . |
| 19 | For five hours I had thought about and written about Machu Picchu at the highest level of my consciousness . |
| 20 | ‘ I had thought about it , ’ she returned , ‘ but I had a fairly frantic call from a theatre director down in Sheffield . ’ |
| 21 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |
| 22 | All I had to think about for 5 months had been which was the best brand of nappies or how many poos Danielle had done that day . |
| 23 | It was , in fact , never suggested , never a decision I had to think about . |
| 24 | I had to think about it to get it clear in my mind . |
| 25 | It was a problem to get the camera set up , because I had two classes , one before the other , I had to think about putting it up there and the set up . |
| 26 | The delivery because it gave me what I had to think about when I was up there language body language and then the playbacks I could look at the two things that Mike just highlighted as one and two . |
| 27 | I had to think of her seeing the copy of my cock on Monday , I had to think of her first thinking , ‘ Golly , what a nut ’ , and then finding she had to stare uncontrollably at the specific image of my cock , boyoing , had to file that image away in a secret file folder where she filed away all my asterisk memos , and that some night working late , she 'd reach her long arms down to that drawer and bring out the asterisk file and go through the pages , asterisk after asterisk , until she found my cock . |
| 28 | I had to think of her seeing the copy of my cock on Monday , I had to think of her first thinking , ‘ Golly , what a nut ’ , and then finding she had to stare uncontrollably at the specific image of my cock , boyoing , had to file that image away in a secret file folder where she filed away all my asterisk memos , and that some night working late , she 'd reach her long arms down to that drawer and bring out the asterisk file and go through the pages , asterisk after asterisk , until she found my cock . |
| 29 | I know it 's easy but I had to think of something to finish the week off with . |
| 30 | I had to think of myself , did n't I ? ’ |