Example sentences of "they [adj] thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went out , 2–0 at Old trafford , in front of 30,000 — which was their only consolation … they all thought theyd see us get thrashed . |
| 2 | Plato , after all , might never have thought of Atlantis ; and similarly Homer might never have thought of Achilles ; although this does not necessarily mean that if they did exist , they pre-existed thought in an absolute sense . |
| 3 | Koppes comments on the launch of the Russian Sputnik : ‘ JPL personnel could remember years later where they were when they heard the news , what they first thought , and what they did . ’ |
| 4 | One had overturned and they stared in amazement as a swarthy-featured European lashed out with a thick bamboo cane at what they first thought was a small animal collapsed between the shafts . |
| 5 | The Williamses fell in love with the outside of the house at first sight and Pauline admits the condition inside was far worse than they first thought . |
| 6 | ‘ And several house building companies who have routinely offered temporary occupancy to farmers using three to four year Licences may find it is not as easy to establish their own occupancy as they first thought . ’ |