Example sentences of "think she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
| 2 | I 'd have thought she needed a steady young chap . ’ |
| 3 | But as she did so , she thought she heard a thin , piercing sound , like the wail of a child who has just wakened up and found himself alone . |
| 4 | As it did so , she thought she heard a high-pitched , giggling sort of sound : ‘ Wheee … wheee … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’ |
| 6 | However , after a couple of dances had elapsed , Clara thought she spotted the civilized young man who had assisted her on the Channel crossing ; once she had spotted him she turned rigidly away , so deep was her horror of imitating Janice 's conduct , but she lost nothing by it , for within a couple of minutes he presented himself , courteously , at her elbow . |
| 7 | Alarmed , she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her . |
| 8 | A little round hill , a sort of headland , thrust itself out into the estuary slightly to her right , and beyond it , she thought she saw a great bay , a giant bite out of the smooth slope of grassy shore . |
| 9 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 10 | When Mrs Thatcher chose Mr Major to protect her legacy , she no doubt thought she knew a safe deposit when she saw one . |
| 11 | If Fen thought she had no other attachments , she 'd be off this boat in double quick time . |
| 12 | It had arrived quite quickly , and they had said that they thought she had a burst ulcer . |
| 13 | She was an attractive woman , but I never thought she had a human feeling in her . |
| 14 | Her round bilge construction and narrow beam made her pitch and roll excessively , I always thought she had a bad feel about her . |
| 15 | To one who thought she had an equal right |
| 16 | ‘ I could see how dark it was and it was on my mind and I thought she rushed a little bit but it worked in my favour , ’ said McNeil . |
| 17 | D McIntyre Funny , I always thought she looked a little bit like Blues official DESSIE Moore … could they be related ? |
| 18 | Dora accepted these ministrations without protest , but Melissa thought she detected a growing restiveness and a thinly veiled relief when at last they said goodnight and returned to their own room . |
| 19 | Just for a second she thought she detected a wary note in his voice . |
| 20 | Now those negative feelings had gone , and when she thought she detected an added happiness in their faces today she was n't afraid or reluctant to guess about it aloud . |
| 21 | As the door dosed behind the routed Fiona , Celia thought she glimpsed the worried , ageing woman behind Georgina 's facade of gruff competence . |
| 22 | Agatha thought she caught an odd note in her nephew 's voice , but at first a searching glance shewed nothing unusual . |
| 23 | If he thought she wanted a noble gesture he was mistaken . |
| 24 | But I think she had a good time . |
| 25 | I think she had a fair amount of luck , but luck is always an el element in anything of this kind . |
| 26 | Sometimes I think she had a secret lover . ’ |
| 27 | I think she did a marvellous job in really getting public attention to the situation and to the difficulties of the flats . |