Example sentences of "thought with [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ha , you demons , she thought with every foam-headed wave cuffing her , there 's a dance in the old dame yet ! |
| 2 | She has noticed ! ’ he thought with a helpless jerk of fear . |
| 3 | Almost as though , Shiona thought with a small shudder , she was mentally totting up the value of the contents of the room . |
| 4 | His parents had been right , she thought with a small sigh . |
| 5 | He was closer than he thought , Shiona thought with a small shiver . |
| 6 | She thought that perhaps she had inflamed herself as well , for she was longing to press her body closer to his ; to feel his hands on her waist , her legs — even , she thought with a slight shock , between her legs . |
| 7 | Kelly would just love that admission , she thought with a faint grin . |
| 8 | If he has , Mike thought with a familiar bitterness , the bloody millennium 's arrived . |
| 9 | Mouse — the name did suit him , Fox thought with a private grin — yelped and sat up . |
| 10 | Passion-killers both , she thought with a mischievous grin . |
| 11 | Not bad , she thought with a fierce kind of glee that she knew she did n't dare to show . |
| 12 | Alexander , indeed ! she thought with a wry smile . |
| 13 | That shut them up , she thought with a wry smile , although why they should be so surprised at her reaction was another puzzle . |
| 14 | Well , that makes two of us , Hilary thought with a little smile as she sat at the table . |
| 15 | She was n't going to find out tonight , Caroline thought with a little sigh . |
| 16 | But it was the American who stood beside her who felt that heat now , she thought with a little shudder . |
| 17 | I 've done it ! she thought with a sweet sense of triumph . |
| 18 | This , she thought with a sheepish giggle to herself , was ridiculous . |
| 19 | Not that he need be worried , she thought with a brief pang of bitterness . |
| 20 | She had dreamed of it herself once , Shiona thought with a painful flutter . |
| 21 | Life must be cruel , she thought with a sudden rush of anger , to allow a fine person like Gay to start her career with so many handicaps . |
| 22 | Instead his handshake was firm but controlled — like everything else about him , she thought with a sudden rush of insight . |
| 23 | This place is like a labyrinth , she thought with a sudden shiver , as yet another door opened in front of her . |
| 24 | Dexter was right about one thing , Blanche thought with an indulgent smile . |
| 25 | Maybe , she thought with an acrobatic leap of logic , this was by way of telling her that she should start acclimatising herself to her old way of life , because that was where she would be in less than two days ' time . |
| 26 | as if we were royalty , Alec thought with an amused smile ; as if we were Tudors or Plantagenets . |
| 27 | By my faith , she thought with an inexplicable mixture of joy and resentment , she at this moment even more than the other closely resembles my dead lord ! |