Example sentences of "[adv] i thought [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally I thought the fears overdone , but nevertheless I sought to find a way of transferring the operation to the private sector which would minimize the risk of industrial action . |
| 2 | Want something exciting , so I thought a murder ! |
| 3 | So I thought an illustration of Mark 's later playing , as demonstrated on Dire Straits latest album ‘ On Every Street ’ , might make for a welcome change . |
| 4 | Originally I thought the ground might be too soft for her , making it a real test of stamina , and we know that she only just gets the trip . |
| 5 | Overall I thought the gearchange acceptable but , as with all models , with a very notchy feel and an unpleasant stickiness coming out of fifth . |
| 6 | Christmas fillers you see , so I , she , cos I 've , I 'm going to make a couple of fruit cakes , I said well I was going to bring in a couple of fruit cakes and said if you need them not , if not I said I 'll take them back I thought no way is Sue gon na eat them , eat cakes like she did last year , or year before |
| 7 | That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful . |
| 8 | Well I thought the dado would make a change |
| 9 | Well I thought the idea was to put it on one of the original walls though . |
| 10 | Well I thought the kids would 've took some of it . |
| 11 | As I say I did n't I thought the girls was plus that fact it was a lot of concentration for the spooling . |
| 12 | Anyhow I thought the team had a pretty good crimble period , despite the number of draws which were due mainly to bad luck and some inept finishing . |
| 13 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 14 | then again all I turned round and said the bloke that I hit , he said he did n't want to press charges , but then I thought the police can bring out their own prosecution against me but they turned round and said no he does n't want to press charges so we 'll just caution you again . |
| 15 | For the sunshine you have brought to a place where I thought the sun would never shine any more . |
| 16 | In the event , the culmination of the relationship occurred when the telephone rang one day and in a suspiciously silky voice George asked me where I thought the Derby Cup was . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose that 's one reason why I thought the letter might be from Canon Wheeler . ’ |
| 18 | ( Sorel , beginning as a revolutionary syndicalist , gravitated towards the Action Francaise movement , which was the reason why I thought the book might interest Eliot . ) |
| 19 | However I forgot to mention it and when I remembered again I thought the tickets had probably all been sold . |