Example sentences of "moment [pron] thought [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment I thought they were terrorists , but I was wrong , they were Political Branch operatives . |
| 2 | As Harry led her towards the dance floor , she said , ‘ For one moment I thought you were going to knock poor Jerry sideways . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ For a moment I thought you were … ’ |
| 4 | Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour . |
| 5 | I slowed down because for a moment I thought you might need help . |
| 6 | For a moment I thought it was Grandpa Tiao . ’ |
| 7 | The coach went past me , and for a moment I thought it was not going to stop . |
| 8 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 9 | For a moment I thought I had been mistaken , and that perhaps I had left the switch on after the light failed , but no , I was sure I had switched off . |
| 10 | For a moment I thought I had gone too far . |
| 11 | ‘ For one moment I thought I had discovered a hidden adventurous streak , Caroline . |
| 12 | For a moment I thought I was with Alan Bennett . |
| 13 | For at that moment I thought I saw that all my previous beliefs in progress were built on shifting sand . |
| 14 | Just for a moment I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes , but it was probably a trick of the light . |
| 15 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 16 | For a moment I thought she had passed out . |
| 17 | For a moment I thought she was going to faint . |
| 18 | For a moment I thought she was going the same way as her father . |
| 19 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
| 20 | Forget it , I said , For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook . |
| 21 | For an awful moment I thought he was going to drive over the edge , but he stopped abruptly and we all got out . |
| 22 | For a moment I thought he was joking . |
| 23 | For an absurd and alarming moment I thought he must mean the woman of the glove . |
| 24 | For a moment I thought he was about to dare to let himself like me , but the wife was watching , alas . |
| 25 | For a moment I thought he was about to apologize , but he did n't . |
| 26 | I said I was coming , anyway and , do you know , for one fabulous moment I thought he 'd stay behind . |
| 27 | ‘ For a moment I thought he was going to kill me . |
| 28 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 29 | For a moment I thought he was going to stand there facing it , daring it to stop . |
| 30 | For a moment I thought he 'd flipped and reckoned he was Napoleon , when it clicked he was talking about Jo . |