Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 2 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 3 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 4 | ‘ I lay down for a rest after lunch and was about to drift into sleep when there was a definite pop inside me , which made me think my waters had broken . |
| 5 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 6 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 7 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 8 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 9 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
| 10 | what made me think you see it 's right at the top where the morning then |
| 11 | It made me think I was going to abuse my own kids . |
| 12 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 13 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 14 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 15 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 16 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |
| 17 | But what on earth made you think there were two of them ? |
| 18 | What made you think I was Irish ? ’ |
| 19 | What made you think it was n't ? |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps you were thinking about Finn 's hand and that made you think you saw a hand ? ’ |
| 21 | He thought he could hear voices now ; silvery , gentle voices , dark voices , that made you think you might be being watched . |
| 22 | ‘ What the hell made you think you had the right to keep the facts about my brother from me ? ’ |
| 23 | Exactly how he achieved this I can not explain except to say that he had a kind of eloquence that made you think he was speaking to you personally and the gift of a born story-teller . |
| 24 | Charles ' suspicions of Dr Lefeuvre made him think his address was already common knowledge . |
| 25 | ‘ Then what the hell made him think you might be pregnant ? ’ he demanded , glaring down at her . |
| 26 | And made him think he could trust me . |
| 27 | His ankles were unbound ; it made him think he was higher off the ground than he would have liked . |
| 28 | She wondered what made him think she desired a flogging . |
| 29 | She knew he was in a position to do what he wished , but what made him think she would enjoy it ? |
| 30 | ‘ It was the clothes , you see , that made him think she was Egyptian . |