Example sentences of "thought [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought were a little bit uptight . |
| 2 | This critic concluded his review by pointing out to his readers what he thought were the real merits of the film for he had thought of it as being ‘ neither capitalistic nor laboristic , but a straight-away drama ’ not at all ‘ depending on any propaganda to arouse the spectator 's interest ’ . |
| 3 | He is little known as a teacher , or as a local preacher , but in fact his first choice of occupation upon leaving school , in Holland , was — to use his own words — ‘ School-mastering and the Church ’ , which occupations he thought were the only professions worthy of consideration . |
| 4 | I had acted out of good faith and in terms of what I thought were the best interests of my client . |
| 5 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 6 | The Church 's 2,500 bishops and prelates , heads of men 's religious orders ( though not of women 's ! ) , and faculties of some thirty-seven Catholic universities were asked what they thought were the major problems facing the Church . |
| 7 | This final point was illustrated in an experiment ( Gordon , 1983 ) in which two classes of children aged 12 were asked to identify what they thought were the difficult parts of passages from a history textbook . |
| 8 | Throughout the campaign we asked what people thought were the main issues being stressed by each of the parties . |
| 9 | Well a thing called power handshakes , which I thought were the biggest load of gobbledegook until I watched them , a specific chat show host . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , ’ she said , in what she thought was a friendly enough manner . |
| 11 | so that I thought was a nice tale |
| 12 | Churchill had a great time in leading for the Opposition and made what I thought was a splendid speech — but then he usually did . |
| 13 | I got there at what I thought was a reasonable hour , around midday . |
| 14 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 15 | My father earns too much money and he was not prepared to subsidise me to do what he thought was a ridiculous waste of time . ’ |
| 16 | Three faces lit up , beaming in upon what they thought was a crucial fact . |
| 17 | I introduced Rickie to McIllvanney who screwed his face into what he thought was a pleasant smile then , after exchanging an inanity or two , fled to his office . |
| 18 | He asked Mr Jotter who had picked the vowels and why they 'd chosen the letter ‘ u ’ instead of ‘ s ’ which he thought was a nicer shape . |
| 19 | The first bit of ‘ fighting ’ was after Wallace was brought down in the area for what I thought was a definate penalty . |
| 20 | Call Me Old Fashioned , I thought was a good title , and A Licence to Print Money would have been another good title for a bestseller , but it had rather a rapacious sound do n't you think ? |
| 21 | ‘ I had worked out what I thought was a good routine for him and had his personal stunt man run through the scene for him , ’ said Cannutt . |
| 22 | They put me in touch with a Fellow of the Institute by the name of John Read — same name as the pilot of DZ642 , which I thought was a good omen . |
| 23 | People were on the streets being senselessly violent to the police , which I thought was a good thing at the time . |
| 24 | Fishing 5lb line to a 3lb hook length I dragged in what I thought was a good chub , it turned out to be a 1 ½lb barbel ! |
| 25 | Well I went dow back down the Road cos there was a traffic jam and er I sort of went down oh sorry mate went down a road like which I thought was a good short cut , and they 've got a lot of these roads and they 've put like pavements across the end of them with bollards , and I went back and then there was a traffic jam and I got stuck because they were unloading a lorry so I 've been er basically pissed about . |
| 26 | It can be extremely difficult to memorise colours correctly , and you may be very disappointed to realise that the shade of gilt wax that you thought was a perfect match in the shop actually bears no resemblance to the colour of the frame . |
| 27 | On his appointment , the wages were increased from £90,000 a year — which he thought was a poor salary — to £220,000 a year . |
| 28 | It 'd be rather like having a lovely picture that you thought was a genuine old master and then being told it was a fake . |
| 29 | I later phoned the course and obtained a thorough briefing — or what I thought was a thorough briefing — on the available runway . |
| 30 | Once past the chalets Gazzer took what he thought was a short cut through the dunes . |