Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I recognised the royal tones of the battleaxe queen . |
| 2 | I thought I recognised the little shit . ’ |
| 3 | I thought you had the best of that particular discussion . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Thought you said the other day you felt sick in a Bentley , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 5 | I thought you said the three grand as it stood without the M O T and anything |
| 6 | And your father and I thought you did the right thing about David . |
| 7 | I thought you wanted the same approach . |
| 8 | I thought you liked the good old I can have the other bit then ? |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 12 | They all thought she saw the same in the mirror as they saw every day . |
| 13 | As the door dosed behind the routed Fiona , Celia thought she glimpsed the worried , ageing woman behind Georgina 's facade of gruff competence . |
| 14 | In finishing I would say that starting to change fluids can be a daunting prospect and I can assure you our firm played about with fluids and got some ropey results , and even thought we had the chemical company taped and could use less fluid , it worked out at about 3 oz per 80 oz with dye added and boy , did we have colour , it was brilliant . |
| 15 | I thought we edged the first half and although they edged the second , we had the better chances . ’ |
| 16 | But Harry hurried on , consoling himself with the thought that he still retained one secret advantage over those who thought they had the better of him . |
| 17 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 18 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 19 | They thought it included the contrary proposition that the law did not protect the fish . |
| 20 | When he turned his head it vanished , although he thought he heard the faintest of noises that might have been made by claws scrabbling on stone . |
| 21 | He thought he had the upper hand while she was trapped here , and he was right — it made her feel awkward and uneasy , put her at a disadvantage . |
| 22 | I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father : |
| 23 | I thought he felt the same about me ; perhaps he did in the beginning . |
| 24 | When they arrived at Ken 's bedside , Jack thought he looked the same as ever , but Mrs Lomax was both optimistic and decisive . |
| 25 | Robert thought he recognized the fat boy . |
| 26 | He thought he glimpsed the slight gleam of light on a man 's belt , somewhere towards the bottom of the vegetable patch . |