Example sentences of "[pron] thought that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that this was it … |
| 2 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
| 3 | These difficulties were forgotten as we cycled down into town and in hot dry afternoon air , shouting ‘ I thought that this was what the weather was supposed to be like ! ’ |
| 4 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 5 | ‘ To this day I have not played much Chinese music , and certainly not a concerto , and so I thought that this would be a good opportunity to explore that — a least to give Hsiao the encouragement to write one . ’ |
| 6 | I thought that this morning when I saw you again , and I want you to know I do n't think we should leave it so long the next time . ’ |
| 7 | I thought that this was a most extraordinary conversation to be having about one 's intended groom , but I was feeling lighter . |
| 8 | Now I knew myself to be bad in a bad world , a vessel of poison afloat in a sea of poison , and I thought that this was all there was to know . |
| 9 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 10 | a customer comes in and he was my wife I did n't have er beard then I was clean-shaven , because after coming to this country when I could n't get a job , I thought that this might be a bar so , which was n't right , but we did it . |
| 11 | At first I thought that this emission indicated that one of the approximations I had used was not valid . |
| 12 | I thought that this charity would appeal particularly to parents who have seen the effect it can have on family life when their child has to stay in hospital . |
| 13 | Not long ago I thought that this date did n't concern me or Palestinian women in general ’ . |
| 14 | Tolkien himself thought that this bright ray was the Old English word far Venus , here applied to John the Baptist , herald of the Christ . |
| 15 | She was seeing him sideways on , all profile and flank , and she thought that this was much the pleasantest aspect of all people . |
| 16 | She thought that this view was perhaps not as beautiful as a view of Blackmoor Vale , which she knew so well . |
| 17 | Her softened tone said she thought that this was very sweet of him , if a little unnecessary … and suddenly Tom himself was standing behind her and draping a light hand around her bare shoulders . |
| 18 | Er it 's , it 's hard to think of an example but something like if , if you thought that this street lighting was n't adequate and you were concerned that the , it could affect the crime levels in your area . |
| 19 | The German officer , who thought that this was more abuse , shouted back . |
| 20 | The Invasion from Mars certainly contains some graphic case notes , such as the spinster who believed humanity deserved destruction for being too hedonistic ; and the unemployed young man who thought that this finally scuppered his chance of getting to college and work . |
| 21 | We thought that this was rather a superficial document , containing many forecasts which seemed to be based on inadequate data or questionable assumptions . |
| 22 | And this would be an insupportable thing to know about oneself , if one thought that this implied some superiority over the people around one . |
| 23 | Thus , when Josias Nichols asked the parishioners of one parish in Kent ‘ whether it were possible for a man to live so uprightly that by well doing he might win heaven ’ , virtually all of them thought that this was so . |
| 24 | everybody thought that this agency was for runaway dads . |
| 25 | They thought that this required the abandonment of any directive or heroic leadership and the careful balancing of rival right and left political factions in the Cabinet . |
| 26 | They erm wanted to bring it back cos they thought that this was excellent all this erm purpose erm nowadays |
| 27 | The Lebanese being quite short and Waite being quite tall , I guess they thought that this would show if Islamic Jihad was treating him right . |
| 28 | They thought that this could reduce duplication and ensure better utilization of resources as well as guaranteeing greater consistency across different branches of the same service . |
| 29 | The CC C P Par army was a quarter the size of the K M T and had little money and no tanks , therefore it needed mobilization of the peasants in the villages , they needed the peasants to volunteer to join the P L A and to protect their own property so they thought that this would be an incentive for them . |
| 30 | Earlier that morning Wexford had quoted Justice Shallow and now , as he contemplated Jolyon Vigo 's house , he thought that this was just the sort of place Shallow might have lived in . |