Example sentences of "thought with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother , she thought with a most annoying pride , who was one of the few genuinely creative women scientists around and in whose success , were it anyone except her mother 's , she would be rejoicing . |
| 2 | It is becoming a habit , Dorothea thought with a shock . |
| 3 | She has noticed ! ’ he thought with a helpless jerk of fear . |
| 4 | And say what you like , she thought with a small , private smile , it was a cold old night for the animals . |
| 5 | If she did , she thought with a flash of venom , she would coax her step-father back into the woodshed where she had first had it . |
| 6 | If he has , Mike thought with a familiar bitterness , the bloody millennium 's arrived . |
| 7 | And he had looked and behaved like a wild Indian , Carew thought with a feeling of wonder . |
| 8 | She thought with a rush of gratitude of the letter she had had from Gay , in answer to the one she had written on the first night of the holidays . |
| 9 | Life must be cruel , she thought with a sudden rush of anger , to allow a fine person like Gay to start her career with so many handicaps . |
| 10 | Paula looked every inch a model these days , Arlene thought with a touch of proprietorial pride . |
| 11 | Mouse — the name did suit him , Fox thought with a private grin — yelped and sat up . |
| 12 | Perhaps she still yearned for him , he thought with a pang of anxiety . |
| 13 | Still , he thought with a shudder , perhaps it was better than falling into the hands of those negroes out there ! |
| 14 | I should have been able to give him something to hope for , " he thought with a sigh , as he descended the half dozen stairs and went to kneel beside Miriam on the stone flags . |
| 15 | He remembers who he is , Ruth thought with a pang of relief . |
| 16 | A new year without Sylvie , Katherine thought with a mixture of guilt and jubilation . |
| 17 | It would , he thought with a smile , be most unfitting to explode on landing under the circumstances . |
| 18 | Not that he need be worried , she thought with a brief pang of bitterness . |
| 19 | She thought that perhaps she had inflamed herself as well , for she was longing to press her body closer to his ; to feel his hands on her waist , her legs — even , she thought with a slight shock , between her legs . |
| 20 | Not bad , she thought with a fierce kind of glee that she knew she did n't dare to show . |
| 21 | His parents had been right , she thought with a small sigh . |
| 22 | This , she thought with a sheepish giggle to herself , was ridiculous . |
| 23 | Of course , she thought with a stab at realism , all this could apply to anyone . |
| 24 | Their bodies joined in rhythmic unison , and she thought with a swift , delirious stab of pleasure , How can any man ever compare with you ? |
| 25 | Beware , she thought with a stab of coldness , the Virgo threat . |
| 26 | Passion-killers both , she thought with a mischievous grin . |
| 27 | It sounded like petulant jealousy , she thought with a sigh . |
| 28 | Alexander , indeed ! she thought with a wry smile . |
| 29 | Only she was n't likely to be caught twice that way , she thought with a cynical little smile . |
| 30 | Well , that makes two of us , Hilary thought with a little smile as she sat at the table . |