Example sentences of "[conj] thought [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A series of what came to be called ‘ prejudice sessions ’ , encouraged people across the business to say what they really thought about BP Oil — or thought they thought . |
| 2 | Whatever people like Page may have felt or thought they felt about the Vietnam war , it is difficult not to regard them as much its victims as its predators . |
| 3 | You could understand it with his family — more or less ; they had something to lose , or thought they had . ’ |
| 4 | And by then they all knew who ‘ he ’ was , or thought they did . |
| 5 | She fell towards them , wishing she had the energy to turn her gaze away from this blankness , but as he moved closer to her a little light caught his cheek and she saw , or thought she saw , tears there , spilling from those dark eyes . |
| 6 | It was while she was trying to decide this one that she heard , or thought she heard , a faint clop of a hoof . |
| 7 | Nora had been prepared for almost any response from John , except the one she got — or thought she had got . |
| 8 | Or thought she did not mean herself . |
| 9 | Every week , for one reason or another , there was a man about the place , looking for some creature I 'd seen , or thought I 'd seen . |
| 10 | I suddenly understood , or thought I understood it all . |
| 11 | Erm , but I wanted some cash , so what I did in the end was walked round Asda remembered it , or thought I remembered it , came back out put the erm card back in and the terminal came up erm it 's ok . |
| 12 | ‘ Back in nineteen forty-four when Claudia was working on her thesis , I understood intellectually ’ — he says the word with a certain fastidiousness — ‘ what she was saying about the Masai , but as a man who knew the country and the natives , or thought I did , I could n't really accept it . |
| 13 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 14 | ‘ Or thought you had . |
| 15 | ‘ Or thought you did . ’ |
| 16 | Like the rest of us , he knew , or thought he knew , that in the 18th century ‘ the riot was probably a more effective curb on the government ’ than either the Lords or the House of Commons — ‘ England 's strongest countervailing force ’ . |
| 17 | And , of course , he had — or thought he had — control of the Worm , the legend come alive . |
| 18 | After what he had told me , or thought he had told me , it must have seemed reasonable . |
| 19 | Experience such as Lexandro had gained , or thought he had gained , in the nerve-glove … |
| 20 | Many of them were predictably connected with the murder at the Turk 's Head and what he had seen , or thought he had seen , one night on the railway embankment that ran behind it . |
| 21 | Or thought he had . |
| 22 | Preston knew what this was about now , or thought he did . |
| 23 | He knew , or thought he did , what was right and what was wrong , and she was glad he did , or thought he did . |
| 24 | He knew , or thought he did , what was right and what was wrong , and she was glad he did , or thought he did . |
| 25 | The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard … |
| 26 | Edging round the bunched-together desks she checked Holly 's and Rosie 's and thought they had been tampered with too . |
| 27 | Then Arthur took them to a night club called The Scotch , and made them dance , and thought they looked good together . |
| 28 | They were intrigued by our entry and thought we had installed a much more powerful engine . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We felt we had a good chance and thought we presented our case well . ’ |
| 30 | When I read it , I was at first very put off , but I 'm glad I persevered , as in the end I was quite charmed , and thought it contained some very shrewd observations , too . |