Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [was/were] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought I was the man . |
| 2 | I thought I was the cat 's whiskers . |
| 3 | Perhaps he thought I was the impersonator , dressed as a man , hoping to win his confidence and thus learn the kind of mannerisms and opinions he might reveal only in private . |
| 4 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 5 | But I can understand you more now , 'cos I never thought you were the kind of fellow to lead anybody up the garden , then jump the railings . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you were the electronics officer ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you were the expert . ’ |
| 8 | I was so afraid of losing you to Maria Luisa , dreading her return , then it was just too terrible when I thought you were the father of her baby . ’ |
| 9 | I thought she was the bottom of it all . |
| 10 | A WOMAN student was strangled and dumped in a field by her mentally ill musician boyfriend who thought she was the devil , Mr Victor Temple , prosecuting , said at the Old Bailey yesterday . |
| 11 | But Southport still had the chances to have recorded their seventh straight away League win , manager Brian Kettle insisting : ‘ We dominated so much I thought we were the home side . |
| 12 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 13 | I thought it was the beginning of April . |
| 14 | The unionists may say OK , but they would desert and rebel if they thought it was the beginning of a united Ireland . ’ |
| 15 | Oh I thought it was the beginning of December . |
| 16 | To him it sounded ridiculous , but he thought it was the kind of lie that people might believe . |
| 17 | She thought it was the squirrel again , but then realised it was something moving jerkily in the hollow of a decayed tree below her and close to the beech . |
| 18 | ‘ The first time the buzzer went I thought it was the ice but it was a 16 lb pike . |
| 19 | And we thought it was the way that we tret it ! |
| 20 | I thought it was the way you were sitting Bob |
| 21 | I thought you thought it was the confluence . |
| 22 | Churchill , who at first thought it was the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster which was the proposition and for which he would happily have settled , accepted the greater post with tears in his eyes and an expression of grateful loyalty . |
| 23 | I always thought it was the income tax but no . |
| 24 | Meredith thought it was the smile of the cat who 'd found a whole vat of cream . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , she thought it was the seaside . ’ |
| 26 | He thought it was the will of God that he should be called to suffer . |
| 27 | I thought it was the name of the dog , sorry yeah . |
| 28 | Alfred , in the best position to see , thought it was the Prince of Wales . |
| 29 | Well I , I thought it was the peanut butter you see , and then I just thought what you said last night . |
| 30 | I said he 's my father and then he falls out the fucking bed when they put him in it because they admit negligence , they forgot to put the cot side up , dad has got lack of oxygen to his bra brain , he thought it was the Battle of Hastings going on but they said there was nobody there , well surely they must have known Joy he fell out the bloody bed because he 's laying like this and he 's falling and he 's falling and bang come out , he split all his bloody head open , do you know the blood was there from the night he fell out , he fell out at half past ten at night and they never informed us , which is against the law and the blood still sat there at quarter to four the following day , all over the floor , he 's got a bloody stitch in his head which they done to him while he were in the bed , and ripped three tubes out of his arm , split all his bloody arm open |