Example sentences of "[was/were] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were thought he were brilliant , but he was n't ! |
| 2 | Suppose he were to think it Auguste 's own choice ? |
| 3 | ‘ If you were thinking what I believe you were thinking , you were right , ’ he said . |
| 4 | But er however things went on and er we , we 've had very bad years some years when the we , stuck too much I think to some of the Morris of course er they had their troubles of course and , and then eventually we , it was funny we were the only two people in the whole of Britain who h ho held the agencies for Austin and Morris together and we were at times we were thinking we must lose one of them . |
| 5 | If that 's what United were thinking they could n't have been more wrong . |
| 6 | You were thinking something amusing . ’ |
| 7 | Bavarian reports spoke of ‘ paralysing horror ’ at the news , and-with typical exaggeration — of a mood comparable to that of 1917 , while others commented that workers were thinking it was the beginning of the end of the Party and the Third Reich , and that rumours were abroad about disturbances in Munich . |
| 8 | At first it was thought her death was an accident and she had been choked when her necklace snagged on branches , but a second post-mortem examination five days later revealed she had been murdered . |
| 9 | Historically , these gases were called inert because it was thought they did not form any chemical compounds . |
| 10 | It was thought they must have been conferred all at once in an act of divine creation . |
| 11 | ‘ The glass around the dock is of course bullet proof because it was thought somebody might try and shoot them . |
| 12 | Well , when it was thought I was ready to go to a job , I was sent to 101 Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea , near Sloane Street to be told to go down the steps to the tradesmen 's entrance . |
| 13 | At one juncture it was thought she had died , but gradually she recovered . |
| 14 | The gipsies patron saint was Sarah ; it was thought she might bear some relation in their minds to a deity of their own , an oriental deity , Sara le Kali . |
| 15 | His brother was interned , his mother was told to move inland , away from the coast — where presumably it was thought she might signal to enemy U-boats , and Mauro himself , although a child , was not allowed to leave Easington without a permit . |
| 16 | She said doctors were pleased with Laura 's progress , and it was thought she would be able to lead a normal life . |
| 17 | A spokeswoman at the hospital said doctors were pleased with Laura 's progress and it was thought she would be able to lead a normal life . |
| 18 | Then it was thought his Irish-sounding name suggested Catholicism , and other bigots decided to take action . |
| 19 | In fact , one of the gardeners was dismissed only a fortnight ago because it was thought he was taking them . |
| 20 | As a schoolboy it was thought he would have been in line for an International cap had the war not prevented all that . |
| 21 | Lady de Vesci gave them her splendid London house at 28 Bruton Street , and it was thought he should have a seat in Parliament . |
| 22 | It was thought he may have set a match to it himself . |
| 23 | It was thought he would take a studio for the London season . |
| 24 | The Yorkshire captain has been out with a broken finger since the opening day of the championship season and it was thought he would not be fit until next week . |
| 25 | And Japanese fishermen would pay huge sums for a tortoiseshell tom , to keep as a ship 's cat , for it was thought it would protect the crew from the ghosts of their ancestors and the vessel itself from storms . |
| 26 | At this point , ‘ Dr Johnson observed that there had been great disputes about the spelling of Shakespear 's [ sic ] name : ‘ At last it was thought it would be settled by looking at the original copy of his will ; but , upon examining it , he was found to have written it himself no less than three different ways . ’ |
| 27 | Lordy , if he was to think she 'd baited him ! |
| 28 | Freud 's mistake was to think he was trying to bring order into the information gathered and arranged by biologists , instead of trying to bring order into the information gathered by psychoanalysts . |
| 29 | And she said I was to think it over , but I 've thought it over already , really . " |
| 30 | I was thinking they 're , they 're at Tower now . |