Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 2 | I thought I was the greatest . |
| 3 | When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me . |
| 4 | Carrie thought it was the saddest sound site had ever heard . |
| 5 | I thought it was the greatest adventure of our age . |
| 6 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 7 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 8 | And as they run in er and I always thought it was the best of the show . |
| 9 | Thought it was the funniest thing since the invention of piles . ’ |
| 10 | I told Diana [ Vreeland ] and she thought it was the chicest thing she ever heard . |
| 11 | ‘ When we did a signing session at the Rough Trade shop , we thought it was the biggest ball hop ever ! ’ cackles Niall . |
| 12 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 13 | Wilkinson thought it was the worst header of his career ! |
| 14 | When I left there I thought it was the happiest day of my life , but it was n't . |
| 15 | They all fancied him and thought he was the handsomest boy they had ever seen … . ’ |
| 16 | She thought he was the handsomest of them all . |