Example sentences of "[conj] thought [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She surprised herself , the words came out , she had not thought about them or thought at all about this subject . |
| 2 | She folded her arms and thought about this . |
| 3 | She looked out to sea , as far as she could through the mist , and thought of great trees whispering under the waves . |
| 4 | Everyone looked at everyone else and thought of urgent matters to attend to elsewhere . |
| 5 | Ranulf took up the argument as Corbett looked away and thought of old Dame Martha drowning in her bath-water . |
| 6 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 7 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 8 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 9 | Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke . |
| 10 | In all cases the necessity of balancing professional and academic requirements has been recognised , with the inexorable move toward a ‘ graduate ’ profession being accepted responsibly , though more slowly than for similar professions : ‘ It is a matter for concern that , compared with other professions surveying has not made a greater impact upon university life and thought in general ’ ( Wells Report , 1960 ) . |