Example sentences of "[pron] thought [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Jack Heinz and I thought as one : that if the drawings could be housed in a Portman Square modernised for fire and climate control , and have the financial burden lifted from the shoulders of the RIBA , this would allow for spatial manoeuvre in Portland Place . |
2 | So the days were unhappy and the nights a bleak nothingness , and although I never actually put a rope around that pulley , nor loaded my shotgun and went out into the field and dug my own grave — as I had visualized so often — nor started my engine in the garage , yet I thought about all three , and on occasions I thought about one or other for days at a time . |
3 | I thought about all the young men who 'd climbed into those machines and the death they 'd seen and the death they 'd made and the death they 'd received . |
4 | So the days were unhappy and the nights a bleak nothingness , and although I never actually put a rope around that pulley , nor loaded my shotgun and went out into the field and dug my own grave — as I had visualized so often — nor started my engine in the garage , yet I thought about all three , and on occasions I thought about one or other for days at a time . |
5 | As I watched them , I thought about all the crazy things the people I 've grown up with believe and do . |
6 | I thought about all the books I had read in the past and remembered one in particular which I had enjoyed immensely . |
7 | I , I thought about six hundred . |
8 | And then you can enter with cos I thought about sticking everybody into pairs |
9 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
10 | As I thought about that perceptive question I realised its implications . |
11 | ‘ I thought about that too , sir , but I put it out of my mind . ’ |
12 | I thought about that for a moment , then , ‘ O.K. pay him will you ? |
13 | I thought about that before saying any more . |
14 | I thought about that . |
15 | I thought about that for an hour before deciding to ignore her , as Father always did . |
16 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
17 | He hinted to me the week before the event that he would n't mind a rest one day and I thought about that and thought about it again when we got to The Belfry . |
18 | And , as I thought about that , another image came into my mind . |
19 | I thought about that |
20 | I thought about that ! |
21 | I think I did , I thought about that but I ca n't afford to do it at the moment there look see you can get the , the L ones the double seat ones and the little ones look |
22 | Yeah , I thought about that last night try and be quieter |
23 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
24 | I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy . |
25 | As a child , I thought about this a good deal and my father would often invite me to feel the holes in his head — taking my fingers in his hand and guiding them to the slight depressions under his vaselined hair . |
26 | I thought about this with regard to Mr McTavish 's offer and his requiring another bottle for the return and , being a Yorkshireman , decided to walk into the mountain after all . |
27 | I thought about this conversation for quite a while afterwards . |
28 | I think so , there 's got to be one person I mean I thought about this long and hard and there 's just no way , it can not be done by committee it would not work cos then |
29 | I thought about this , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ for he was a good-natured man . |
30 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |