Example sentences of "she think it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She did not think it necessary to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , though had she thought it necessary to do so , she would have followed the approach of Dickson J. She considered , at p. 169 , that money paid under unconstitutional legislation was generally recoverable :
2 But the room was not well lit and she thought it wiser to live in the shadows as she did not want to explain why she looked ill .
3 Knowing his weakness for cards and drink , she thought it wiser to keep such information to herself .
4 And there she thought it best to let the matter rest .
5 She thought it best to let well alone .
6 And then , because she had spoken quietly to the ward sister , she thought it best to warn him .
7 She thought it best to defer to Tim 's superior knowledge .
8 Jazz was limping and making pained , mutterings and cursings which she thought it tactful to ignore .
9 ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed .
10 In describing her daily life every woman interviewed outlined the kind of standards she thought it important to stick to in housework , and the type of routine she used to achieve this end .
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