Example sentences of "thought [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And another , secondary spasm , when he thought about the first one , and realized that he was more appalled by vulgarity than he was by death . |
| 2 | Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her . |
| 3 | ‘ How lovely she is , ’ he thought for the thousandth time , as he looked at her fondly . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're so lucky ! ’ she thought for the umpteenth time . |
| 5 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 6 | He thought of the seventeenth century poisoner , Madame de Brinvilliers , who had run round the hospitals of Paris poisoning people for ‘ practice ’ . |
| 7 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 8 | But sometimes he only thought of the next performance . |