Example sentences of "[pron] thought for a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought for a minute , then I said , ‘ Yes , I can keep a secret . ’ |
| 2 | I thought for a minute you had that look about you . ’ |
| 3 | I thought for a minute , he said down to Mr Blobby did n't you ? |
| 4 | ‘ I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk . |
| 5 | Well Mary said if I thought for a minute that she would stick at it , I would pay for her but |
| 6 | She thought for a minute that he was n't going to obey . |
| 7 | She thought for a minutes and said : " Yes , you do have a look of a Renoir lady , sometimes " That 's a nice way of saying Fat is Beautiful . |
| 8 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 9 | He thought for a minute . |
| 10 | He thought for a minute . |
| 11 | Instead , he thought for a minute . |
| 12 | He thought for a minute . |