Example sentences of "[noun pl] think [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 Until then , colleagues and readers thought she had been happily married to the man she always referred affectionately to as Proopsie .
3 Ginguene noted that in the period when Baroque style was current , and even after , Opéra soloists sang pretty freely for contexts , he specifies ‘ airs , monologues , duos , etc. ’ 'Singers thought they had the right to hurry or slow down , according to what the words seemed to demand or , more often , according to whim' The ‘ orchestra ’ had to accompany ‘ sometimes note for note , these uneven , shaky lines ’ .
4 Eubank took a comfortable unanimous decision — although I had him winning by only one round and plenty of ringsiders thought he had n't made it .
5 Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line .
6 His parents thought he 'd gone to a friend 's house in the next street .
7 Another possibility is very late switching — which Tory canvassers thought they detected .
8 The Japanese company 's Bluebird model , the first to be built at its Sunderland factory , never rated : dealers thought it lacked pzazz for executives .
9 What they found was there was actually sometimes substantial differences between what the managers thought they had communicated and what the subordinate thought they 'd received , okay ?
10 Many viewers thought she 'd used the famous Lawley charm to make him relax and talk about his childhood and family .
11 When the Community seemed to be their only option , the Greeks thought they had better be thoroughly Community-minded .
12 Pigeons thought they had found a regular roost on a Shrewsbury office block .
13 Only as the car approached them did Ludens think he glimpsed a figure standing in the shade under a tree .
14 Somewhere below , among orchards and woods , lay that sequestered spot which the topographers thought they had found all those years ago .
15 Two witnesses thought they saw the aircraft 's nose rise slightly before they and many other witnesses saw the nose and left wing drop almost simultaneously .
16 Cos they said , one boy , a boy , a police officer the other times thought he saw a boy with a knife and he shot him .
17 Mark Archer in the Financial Times thought he had written ‘ a marvellous account of a much misunderstood age ’ .
18 Marenches thought he looked ravaged .
19 I just privately discharged myself and let the Americans think I 'd been here all along . ’
20 Some users thought it gave greater " precision " or " tied down their ideas . "
21 They were never sold , though the lawyers thought they had gone with the others .
22 Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl was unable or unwilling to deliver what the Americans thought he had promised at the Houston summit it last July — political muscle to make progress on farm-reform at the GATT talks .
23 There were , though , negative comments : 17% of respondents thought it looked extravagant and was too glossy .
24 What Lyle , Faldo twice and Woosnam can do in successive years has broken whatever invincibility the home players thought they had .
25 What Lyle , Faldo twice and Woosnam did in successive years has broken what ever invincibility the home players thought they had .
26 Despite their double handicap , Everton pulled themselves back to 3-2 with two Stuart Barlow goals before Sinton completed his treble two minutes from time , and Francis added : ‘ At 3-0 my players thought they 'd won it .
27 Incidentally , the Scottish players thought he got it right both times in that Gary Armstrong had not scored , but Turnbull had .
28 The Americans think they constructed the canal — and the lasting folk memory of that achievement in the United States provides much of the emotional underpinning that sustains the American anti-Noriega hysteria — but it was actually built by black workers from the Caribbean .
29 I felt close to tears to think he doubted my word .
30 Haynes was eventually run out for 62 and left the field in tears thinking he had lost his team the match , but by then only three more were needed and Roberts was striking the ball well .
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