Example sentences of "thought one " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He would be keener ’ , thought one young observer , ‘ upon reviving perishing literature than a perishing political party . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought one or two of them were good , ’ I said . |
| 3 | The sort of problems the owners ’ party have had on this trip so far are a tap that wo n't stop dripping , a blind that wo n't stay down in one of the bedrooms , eh ? , and a lady who thought one of her suitcases had been stolen , only it turned up in someone else 's room . ’ |
| 4 | The procession takes place whatever the weather but Mr Cecil Hitch thought one year they would have to call a halt because of the terrible conditions . |
| 5 | He thought one of the best places for meditation was ‘ by a rustic hearth and an old cradle with a baby in it , by a window overlooking a delicate green cornfield and the waving of alder bushes . ’ |
| 6 | I thought one long-haired kid was a girl but she was a he ! |
| 7 | But when I started at Benedict 's nineteen years ago , and during my training , though a few forced the pace , no-one thought one odd , or sick , if one did n't leap into bed with one 's boyfriend , or indulge in violent necking sessions on every date . |
| 8 | Sometimes , if he thought one of the girls did n't know what he was doing , he 'd go into a long explanation of why he had n't actually tasted the stuff . |
| 9 | For what Mrs Maugham thought one week to be wholly disgraceful , she was praising the next , and with no apparent consciousness of discrepancy . |
| 10 | " Your father thought one of the others would have blown the gaff to me — presumably they thought he had — the net result , as always when you leave it to George , being that nobody told me a thing . |
| 11 | And it was suggested that this scheme should be presented to us , I thought one of their representatives was supposed to be coming here tonight to present it to us , obviously not been possible . |
| 12 | They thought one eye might be all right . |
| 13 | At one point we thought one of our players ( ca nt remember who — Whelan ? ) had got stuck to an opposition armpit … but then remembered that the velcro shirt was still an idea only . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't expect anything in the nationals , of course , ’ he said , frowning , ‘ but I thought one of the local rags might have had something about a missing boat . ’ |
| 15 | I thought one millimetre was good enough on this kind of car . |
| 16 | She thought one day she would look into it and it was 21 years later , with time on her hands , that she actually got round to it . |