Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [be] thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble was that if you permitted intimacy you would be thought of as ‘ cheap ’ and perhaps be talked about as the girls at the dance had talked about Paula , only by the boys , which was worse , but if you did n't no boy would be prepared to bother with you for long . |
| 2 | If they did n't interfere in politics , they would be thought craven . |
| 3 | If something had to be labelled with this vogue word ‘ citizenship ’ , they no doubt felt that the more they included in their responses , the better they would be thought to be discharging the task of citizenship education . |
| 4 | Now , they would be thought obscene public perception has changed and understood that animals are sentient beings and that we demean our humanity if we are cruel to them or permit cruelty . |
| 5 | His voice is well-trained , clear , very ‘ English ’ it would be thought . |
| 6 | Are we meant to take it seriously ? premature babies are routinely taken from their mothers on the maternity ward into intensive care , or sterile areas , often for long periods and although their mothers might miss them , it would be thought sentimental to claim the opposite . |
| 7 | If the dandelion was a rare plant , it would be thought a highly desirable garden species , since the flowers are large and brilliantly yellow . |