Example sentences of "thought for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geraldine sat on the bed and thought for a moment . |
| 2 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 3 | He had thought for a moment that Hoomey was going to ask him back , but he knew he was n't the sort of friend that nice mothers were all that pleased to see . |
| 4 | Waking very cold and aching , Perdita saw little red flames flickering across the great blue arch of sky and thought for a terrified second that she was in the middle of a forest fire . |
| 5 | As they approached from the South , the pilots watched the flyingboat go down and land at Kalafrana , but at that moment Hancock saw two Bf109Es approaching , and thought for a moment that they were about to attack the Hurricanes . |
| 6 | The big man thought for a few seconds , then laughed . |
| 7 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 8 | Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’ |
| 9 | But he soon became convinced that the herpes virus , which was thought for a while to be associated with cancer , had in reality nothing to do with the disease . |
| 10 | So she put the dress on , and thought for a moment that perhaps it was not quite so frightful after all , and then , after looking at herself for a little longer , wondered if it were not in fact more frightful than she had ever imagined . |
| 11 | I stopped to look at them , and thought for a moment they looked like prison doors , hiding evil secrets . |
| 12 | He looked very serious , and thought for a few seconds . |
| 13 | Mr Sowerberry rubbed his chin and thought for a while . |
| 14 | There was a silence , and the Station Master thought for a minute . |
| 15 | Kosi thought for a moment . |
| 16 | Dora looked surprised , thought for a moment and said , ‘ Blue trousers and a white shirt , I think . ’ |
| 17 | She poured a little whisky into a glass , put the stopper back in the decanter , thought for a moment , then took it out and helped herself to a more sensible amount . |
| 18 | Robert , on her right , cleared his throat and thought for a moment before , looking from the silver basket of white flowers in the middle of the table , he said : " Your Christmas roses are wonderful . |
| 19 | Maxim thought for a moment . |
| 20 | The nanny raised her horned and bearded head , thought for a moment and then bleated . |
| 21 | Father dinosaur thought for a bit . |
| 22 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 23 | I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three . |
| 24 | She had thought for a moment that he was going to have a heart attack from shock , but , recovering himself , he had said , ‘ Well , now you know , what are you going to do about it ? ’ to which she had answered simply , ‘ Divorce , ’ and walked out . |
| 25 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 26 | Willi paused , thought for a moment , then dialled his own number , spoke to Frau Trauffer , then dialled his friend the florist and then Gaston and Julius . |
| 27 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 28 | His black eyes were sharp as he looked at her and thought for a moment . |
| 29 | ‘ May I still have the interview with you which you promised ? ’ she asked straight out — and thought for a few seconds , as he looked sternly at her , that she had blown it , and that he had taken the strongest exception to her reminding him of his promise . |
| 30 | It annoyed her intensely that she should have thought for a moment that the dreadful feeling she 'd experienced when he 'd told her he had an engagement was jealousy . |