Example sentences of "when [pers pn] thought that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on the point of surrendering when I thought that it would be more dangerous to resume the subject on another occasion ; I also did n't trust my nerve . |
| 2 | I mentioned earlier that just when you thought that the moment had arrived for Mike McFarlane to make a breakthrough he had a setback , and in 1981 this applied also to me . |
| 3 | JUST when you thought that marathons , duathlons , biathlons and triathlons were the pinnacle of endurance tests , along comes another awesome challenge . |
| 4 | JUST WHEN you thought that too many of them had been offed at the end of the first one , out rides the sequel . |
| 5 | JUST WHEN you thought that too many of them had been offed at the end of the first one , out rides the sequel . |
| 6 | Lee had felt the emotional voltage in the room heighten to a point when she thought that Philippa would slam the door behind her , hard , but the door closed as gently as if there were a baby asleep in the house . |
| 7 | But there ; she was wrong when she thought that everybody prayed , because Mrs Aggie did n't pray , nor did Ben , nor his Annie . |
| 8 | She was under the shower , however , when she thought that , fingers crossed , perhaps there were n't too many garages in , say , a ten-mile radius of Františkovy Láznë . |
| 9 | We have certainly come a long way since Aristotle and Ptolemy , when we thought that the earth was the centre of the universe ! |
| 10 | Then , just when they thought that they had finished and were about to leave the room , up pipes a small Scottish voice in the corner which says , ’ What about Scotland ? ’ |
| 11 | Even those few are now being bled dry by charges and commissions just when they thought that they had entered the land of milk and honey . |
| 12 | When he thought that he had fulfilled his duty well , he called out in a loud voice : ‘ Emperor Frederick this tune is presented to you ! ’ |
| 13 | Just the flicker of a smile when he thought that nobody was looking ( but Jed had practised the deft glance in the mirror and he did n't miss much ) . |
| 14 | This often happened when he thought that one or all of us were laughing at him , especially if he interpreted our teasing as mocking his intelligence . |