Example sentences of "thought [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty looked at Nails and thought for one awful moment he was going to burst into tears . |
| 2 | Although a common form of procedure for research is being recommended here it should not be thought for one moment that a hard and fast programme is being suggested to which every research enquiry should conform . |
| 3 | If she had thought for one moment he was serious she would have been deeply shocked . |
| 4 | And when she had seen a man 's shape she had thought for one wild moment that Mervyn or even John had called with flowers . |
| 5 | Actually , scientists thought for many years that whales had no sense of hearing because they had no external ear lobes like ourselves , a clear example of anthropomorphic projection . |
| 6 | She had thought for some time that a mouse lived there . |
| 7 | One girl , I swear , thought for some reason that Pericles was about a car-manufacturer . |
| 8 | to forty or lower , I would have thought for this sort of plan , the majority . |
| 9 | ‘ Dying 's a hard enough thought for old men , and terrible past bearing , maybe , for a boy . |
| 10 | I had not thought about much else except . |
| 11 | Some young men never have really thought about personal hygiene very much and react very badly if the subject is mentioned . |
| 12 | Or if it can — there is a case for that too — it might as well be thought about first . |
| 13 | I wonder if they have really thought about other people 's situations . |
| 14 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
| 15 | Why speculate what Mother Anne might have thought about modern glues — they had none and she spoke to the brothers and sisters in their instant present . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've thought about that , ’ Bodo was serious . |
| 17 | Dot thought about that place where they 'd visited him long ago , with soldiers guarding the main gate , and long low buildings surrounded by grass clipped so flat there was nowhere for a running man to hide . |
| 18 | It was the perfect cue for Gazzer to say : ‘ You should have thought about that before you shoved him in , should n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | It was odd that he had n't thought about that but immediately it came back to him , the name of the exchange , though Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 20 | I 've thought about that and I think it 's a bad policy for any museum to be known to be selling pictures or any work of art . |
| 21 | " I had n't thought about that , " said Agatha pensively . |
| 22 | Topaz thought about that for a while . |
| 23 | I have n't thought about that |
| 24 | I often wonder what the Hon. members of the Board thought about that trip , but they seemed to enjoy themselves and there were no repercussions . |
| 25 | I 'd thought about that one for a long time , wondering who Beya and Gabricus were , and had paid little attention to the note in brackets which had been added afterwards : ( Frater mysticus meus . ) |
| 26 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 27 | Athelstan stopped his horse outside St Erconwald 's and thought about that further . |
| 28 | ‘ Hell , I have n't thought about that station in years . ’ |
| 29 | I 've never actually thought about that . |
| 30 | Paul had n't thought about that side of things . |