Example sentences of "[noun prp] thought with " in BNC.

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1 Paula looked every inch a model these days , Arlene thought with a touch of proprietorial pride .
2 Perfectly groomed from head to toe and with all that assurance , she was ready to take on the world , Arlene thought with satisfaction , for she looked on Paula as her very own creation .
3 She had dreamed of it herself once , Shiona thought with a painful flutter .
4 Almost as though , Shiona thought with a small shudder , she was mentally totting up the value of the contents of the room .
5 He was closer than he thought , Shiona thought with a small shiver .
6 Thank God , Zen thought with obscure fervour .
7 Eve was always so definite , Benny thought with admiration .
8 He remembers who he is , Ruth thought with a pang of relief .
9 Des Koogan would have his work cut out to keep at bay all the reporters and photographers heading for the college , Loretta thought with the ghost of a smile .
10 A new year without Sylvie , Katherine thought with a mixture of guilt and jubilation .
11 Just as though I were a bit daft , Isobel thought with sudden resentment .
12 The grey eyes shot across to her again , and Alyssia thought with shock that she did n't .
13 It made them , Jed thought with satisfaction , extremely dangerous enemies .
14 She had moved quickly since learning of Marek 's accident , Blanche thought with pride .
15 Dexter was right about one thing , Blanche thought with an indulgent smile .
16 But maybe your Ministerial colleague is n't going right for the very top , McLeish thought with unreasonable conviction , and you were going to stop her working at Yeo Davis when you could .
17 It is becoming a habit , Dorothea thought with a shock .
18 If he has , Mike thought with a familiar bitterness , the bloody millennium 's arrived .
19 And he had looked and behaved like a wild Indian , Carew thought with a feeling of wonder .
20 These were considered old-fashioned terms in a morally rudderless society , Trent thought with more sadness than bitterness .
21 He had become an Untouchable , Trent thought with sudden bitterness as he glanced up to catch a look , almost of horror , on Mariana 's face .
22 She was n't going to find out tonight , Caroline thought with a little sigh .
23 Peter thought with satisfaction .
24 An academic , Peter thought with angry scorn .
25 Anna Bouverie thought with revulsion of the bags of jumble lurking in the Rectory garage .
26 The thought of it filled her with an immense regret because a child could not stay a child there would be men ( a man she hoped ) in Nicandra 's life , Aunt Tossie thought with pity and some disgust — her mind scampered hurriedly from the contemplation of a subject not forbidden so much as not existing for her .
27 There was a lot more to this , Wexford thought with frustration , than met the eye .
28 as if we were royalty , Alec thought with an amused smile ; as if we were Tudors or Plantagenets .
29 Only a few — men like my uncle , Alec thought with pride — resisted the offer .
30 We Anglo-Irish are a dying breed , Alec thought with despair .
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