Example sentences of "he thought [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 2 | I think he thought me a pretty unlikely applicant . |
| 3 | ‘ As far as I could judge , he thought me an incompetent idiot who ought to be minding his own business . |
| 4 | Somebody asked why the Bright Palace was no longer bright , and Dorrainge said , ‘ Because of Medoc 's dark enchantments of course , ’ and looked at the soldier as though he thought him a complete fool . |
| 5 | He was supposed to take the advice of Archbishop Lang of Canterbury but he distrusted everything Lang said because he thought him an appeaser of Hitler . |
| 6 | He thought it a mistake for the Prince to make his first visit in the shadow of such a legendary figure . |
| 7 | He thought it a crime that folds should be moved from their place on his shoulder . |
| 8 | He thought it a fine idea , and presently excused himself — returning with a bottle of Mrs Westaway 's cowslip wine , in which to drink to the new venture . |
| 9 | The main point is this : Flaubert thought democracy merely a stage in the history of government , and he thought it a typical vanity on our part to assume that it represented the finest , proudest way for men to rule one another . |
| 10 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 11 | He thought it a pity that the people could not hibernate like certain animals and come out again at Easter when they would once more have compelling and urgent business to attend to . |
| 12 | He thought it a great feat that she had got in from the Point in an hour and a quarter . |
| 13 | He thought it a punishment for the note the young cleric had tried to smuggle out via De Gaulle . |
| 14 | Beador 's own response was reassuring — he thought it a ‘ ripping good idea ’ and gladly added Fontana to the travelling stable of two hunters she had brought down from Yorkshire . |
| 15 | He thought it a gas , but we secured his chair by a double strand of rope running right round the piano . |
| 16 | Even as Felix drifted into sleep he thought it an evil omen . |
| 17 | First , he thought it an unspoken part of the 1931 bargain that MacDonald should not be discarded as soon as the immediate crisis was over . |
| 18 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 19 | ‘ Would ye , ’ Rab asked ; he thought it the daftest question , ‘ if somebody tells ye they could fly ye on a kite ? |