Example sentences of "[vb infin] thought that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had brought three British Labour MPs to Derry and may have thought that the opportunity to expose the RUC should not be wasted . |
| 2 | Given the robust level of reserves that the board has enjoyed , and given that about £6.5 million of the reserves is being drawn down by the board to ensure a continuous and constant level of training , I should have thought that the board was exhibiting a responsible approach . |
| 3 | As he left that all-too-familiar graveyard and tramped home through the snow , Charles the Cheesemonger must have thought that the century was drawing to an unpropitious end indeed . |
| 4 | An illustration of deception by words is Banaster ( 1979 ) 68 Cr App R 272 ( CA ) , which held that a judge was entitled to leave to the jury the question whether a mini cab driver at Heathrow airport deceived a foreigner when he said that he was driving an " airport taxi " because the foreigner , who was on his first visit to England , might have thought that the taxi was an official one . |
| 5 | I would have thought that the opposite was the case . |
| 6 | One would have thought that the principle of people living in glass houses not throwing stones would have warned Ivan off a career as a journalist , gossip , and so-called satirist , but it did not seem to occur to him that he was asking for trouble of a kind that she knew would cause him the most intimate anguish : but in fact , so appalling were Ivan 's features and physique that comment on them was rare , even his worst enemies ( and he had hundreds ) not considering them fair game . |
| 7 | would have thought that the cow down the road had the same chance of getting to the one that he had . |
| 8 | Dear Colleague , With the passage of the Animals ( Scientific Procedures ) Bill in 1986 , we may have thought that the animal rights movement would have become less militant and that scientific research would be subject to less disruption . |
| 9 | One might have thought that the context makes it clear that horses is to be interpreted as ‘ stallions ’ ; however , such an interpretation is not available for this type of sentence . |
| 10 | The builders on the scaffolding outside must have thought that the house contained a pack of feral beasts , groaning at their captivity , their ill-treatment , their lousy food . |
| 11 | Such was the enthusiasm that you might have thought that the Collector had just sung an aria . |
| 12 | Much though my hon. Friend may dream about the days of beer and sandwiches , I should have thought that the Opposition were so besotted with Europe that it would have to be cafe and croissants , if that change ever came about . |
| 13 | I do not know whether that is a serious matter , but given the right hon. Gentleman 's experience and standing , I should have thought that the Opposition Front Bench spokesmen would take careful notice of what he says . |
| 14 | Who would have thought that the pattern would break ? |
| 15 | You may have thought that the alehouse renditions of My Way and Blue Suede Shoes took music to previously uncharted depths . |
| 16 | JERVIS : [ reprovingly ] I could never have thought that the son of my dear good lady departed could have so forfeited his honour as to endeavour to destroy a virtue he ought to protect . |
| 17 | As one contemporary , writing at the end of William 's reign , put it , " One would have thought that the Distinction of Parties was quite worn out , when the Church had quitted the Doctrines of Passive Obedience and Non-resistance " , and had joined with the Whigs and Dissenters to call James to account for his maladministration and establish a liberty of conscience . |
| 18 | I would have thought that the point of school-focused INSET is certainly for individual teachers and effects in the classrooms , but mainly for effects on whole school groups . |