Example sentences of "[adj] she thought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 2 | Nails looked so strange she thought he was off his rocker . |
| 3 | He was glad she thought he had been cool . |
| 4 | When she was younger she thought she knew what she was waiting for . |
| 5 | There was n't much she knew that Emmie did n't know , but the little she thought there was , was precious to her . |
| 6 | She was trembling , aflame with a happiness so great she thought she could never contain it as Rune discarded his own clothes with such rapidity and lack of care that two shirt buttons fell unheeded on to the carpet . |
| 7 | It was , I know , in Hertfordshire , but I am sure she thought I was lying and that she might have to deliver the child . |
| 8 | She mentioned Stepsons and how good she thought it , but Herman , not having read it , preferred to talk about Muriel Spark . |
| 9 | ‘ Promises ! ’ she exclaimed on a loving laugh , and thereafter put herself out to be the epitome of all she thought he would most dislike in a woman , shyly calling him darling whenever she had the chance . |
| 10 | At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence . |
| 11 | At first she thought he was just fooling around , but he quickly turned vicious . |
| 12 | At first she thought it was one of the old ones and she almost wiped it out . |
| 13 | At first she thought it was a burst of panic , which did n't surprise her , knowing what a coward she was . |
| 14 | At first she thought it was her eyes playing tricks ( did she have eyes ? ) , but then she recognized it : the glow cast by the Women 's spears . |
| 15 | At first she thought it was the sea , but then she saw it was the pool of tears . |
| 16 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 17 | At first she thought it was like a watch-tower , because the roof sloped down to the tops of the two windows , making them the most important things . |
| 18 | She was so proud she thought she would burst . |
| 19 | He was so pale she thought he would faint , but his eyes were dark and steady . |
| 20 | It was not a friendly joke : Morgan was aware she thought he drank too heavily . |