Example sentences of "she thought [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought of other happenings since she had arrived in Czechoslovakia , and concentrated her thoughts on Lubor — who had n't found her clinging enough . |
| 2 | It seemed to her that the only thing worth doing was to walk deep into those glades , far away from everything ; she thought of lingering by the streams and watching the sunlight move , in silence . |
| 3 | She thought of cross-country runs at Pinehurst , when she and Gay and Flick had led the field . |
| 4 | She thought of blackened red brick , chalk dust , shoe boxes , muddy hockey boots , the smell of groups of girls in classrooms . |
| 5 | After a few minutes , she thought to soft-nose him in . |
| 6 | Swine ! she thought with impotent rage , and took exception on another front . |
| 7 | It was all his fault , she thought with uncharacteristic gloominess . |
| 8 | The scene that confronted her was like a tableau from a waxworks , she thought with faint hysteria as she walked in . |
| 9 | Then she thought with simple and hard resolve : It is time to get married . |
| 10 | Not , she thought with wry honesty , any great dramatic talent . |
| 11 | He was like a chameleon , she thought with wry admiration , able to adapt at will to any situation . |
| 12 | Perhaps , to some extent , she thought with wry amusement , she owed her professional success to Jake . |
| 13 | Something very much like that , she thought with sudden sadness . |
| 14 | Kick him , she thought with brutal accuracy , that 's the way to his bed . |
| 15 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 16 | Although , she thought with uncharitable spitefulness , he was old enough to be her father . |
| 17 | She had felt like this once before , and recently , she thought with sleepy vagueness . |
| 18 | And yet for years I adored him , she thought with horrified wonder . |
| 19 | What was wrong with her cotton pyjamas ? she thought with quick annoyance . |
| 20 | Surely it could n't be Jake ? she thought in startled panic . |
| 21 | How could they , she thought in sudden sentiment , and the anger carried her on to the next street . |
| 22 | A home , she thought in sudden pain , which I 'll never share with him now . |
| 23 | No , I 'll bet you 're not , she thought in silent anger . |