Example sentences of "thought [conj] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The committee thought that for a grass court tournament she should be marginally favoured over Sanchez Vicario . ’ |
| 2 | Daniel thought that in a way this was what Marcus had appeared to want , to be present yet absent and unconsidered . |
| 3 | Listening to this I on the whole thought that in a real sense he never really quite answered them , on the other hand he made every single person look silly . |
| 4 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
| 5 | P'raps they 've gone blackberryin' , he thought and for a fleeting moment he wished that he was with them . |
| 6 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |