Example sentences of "[vb past] be think [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been thinking that he 'd covered every angle , but now he was feeling as if he 'd been wrong-footed . |
| 2 | It had been thought that Mr Prescott would replace Bryan Gould , the trade and industry spokesman . |
| 3 | Nobody expected it to be competitive but it had been thought that any team serious enough to build and enter a grand prix car should be competent enough to make it last more than five consecutive laps . |
| 4 | For many years it had been thought that high fever had certain curative properties , and some patients were deliberately exposed to mosquitoes which were known to be carrying the malarial parasite in the hope that the resulting infection and high temperature would have a beneficial effect on the disease process . |
| 5 | It had been thought that only the penalty was prescribed by statute , just as the penalty for murder is laid down by Parliament . |
| 6 | Until today it had been thought that some staff would stay on to keep the base on standby . |
| 7 | Until now it had been thought that the problem was largely confined to Devon and Cornwall . |
| 8 | Her mistake had been to think that being a part-owner of a property might change him . |