Example sentences of "thought that [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that a pen , I thought that was a pen . |
| 2 | Thumbed through some papers that they have got , in front of the shop , and found one set of erm , papers from nineteen thirty-six concerned the French National Anthem , and I thought that was a second amazing coincidence , er , and so I had to buy myself that that set of papers for about a pound . |
| 3 | Oh that 's erm your objection er was nobody had seen me and you did n't really answer the question clients by coming in to their homes you know , Martin made the comment er that in actual fact nobody had seen them seen them in six or seven years so I thought that was a possibility for a just er oh n maybe not as deep a but nevertheless erm there was a good , good pause er er how did you er come to be with Friends Provident er you , it was good that you asked er er if the wife would be attending the second meeting , that was an important thing . |
| 4 | I thought that was a mistake then he made . |
| 5 | They thought that was a bit steep for a quarter of an hour 's work and sent back the bill with a request to itemize it . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought that was a bit odd . ’ |
| 7 | Yes , I thought that was a bit of flab that we 've got |
| 8 | So I thought that was a bit greedy so , that 's not bad at all that ! |
| 9 | Yeah , I , I thought that was a bit erm |
| 10 | ethnic origins , yeah , I thought that was a bit over the top . |
| 11 | I thought that was a decision he and his father had come to over the weekend . |
| 12 | That 's the one whe , in the , in the kitchen it bit my mother 's backside one day she thought that was a dog ! |
| 13 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |