Example sentences of "thought long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 2 | Sam thought long and hard . |
| 3 | She thought long and hard about what character she should go as in the fancy-dress parade . |
| 4 | MARTIN PIPE thought long and hard yesterday before withdrawing Miinnehoma from Saturday 's King George VI Chase . |
| 5 | For the next week I thought long and hard about undertaking an interview with the Queen Mother which would cover every aspect of her life but the great historical event which had changed it for ever ; which had propelled her and her husband to the throne , had made happy and glorious a reign which might otherwise have been disastrous , yet which was tragically cut short by illness and death , and which in the long run had made her far and away the most loved of all the members of the Royal Family . |
| 6 | It would be nice to say that the tiny frogs thought long and hard about the new flower , about life in the old flower , about the need to explore , about the possibility that the world was bigger than a pool with petals around the edge . |
| 7 | I thought long and hard about taking the role . |
| 8 | Over this , Alice thought long and intently . |
| 9 | I thought long and hard about the monster 's words . |
| 10 | I thought long and hard about the monster 's words . |
| 11 | The House will know that the Government thought long and hard about their decision to retain the statutory training board . |
| 12 | Reichsmarschall Goering — fully clad now in an opulent lounging suit of pearl grey with wide lapels and double vent ‘ to give my arse some room to breathe ’ — thought long and hard about this information . |
| 13 | Petrey says that he thought long and hard about how to deal with him . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought long and hard before I left the NHS to move into the private sector . |
| 15 | The Nix 's say they thought long and hard before fostering Kenan . |
| 16 | The Nix 's say they thought long and hard before fostering Kenan . |
| 17 | John Taylor says he thought long and hard before deciding not to stand for the Conservatives in Cheltenham again . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I thought long and hard about my future in football and with Derby County . |