Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] thought it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I thought it was . |
| 2 | What we sought to do , in terms of Community competence , in the discussions was to extend it in areas where we thought it was appropriate and to define it more adequately than it has been defined in the past in order to prevent , as far as it is possible to prevent it , that element of creeping competence that so offends many people in this country . |
| 3 | He was our biggest danger in the end , although I thought it was going to be Tom 's four-ball partner Bert Yancey who might prove the biggest threat . |
| 4 | ‘ The abuse happened so often that I thought it was normal . |
| 5 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 6 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
| 7 | All I said was that I thought it was a judgement from God that Blyth had first lost his leg and then had the replacement become the instrument of his downfall . |
| 8 | If I may say so very well councillor and you were specific and indeed backed up the particular figures , even though of course one is entitled to the that I thought it was fair and well argued . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's slightly earlier than I thought it was but we 're OK still . ’ |
| 10 | I will always love you , more than I thought it was possible to love anyone . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well , ’ he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be . ’ |
| 12 | You had n't told your wife about it , so I thought it was probably bad news , and that it might have upset you enough to — well , to do something . |
| 13 | If you cast your mind back to the 1966 World Cup , you may recall that Pak Doo Ik , the North Korean forward , also wore odd shorts and he went on to score the winner against Italy , so I thought it was worth a try . |
| 14 | Anyway , I was sure my husband would forbid me to use the pill , so I thought it was better to use condoms . |
| 15 | Bessie Parkes more prudently replied that she thought it was " undeniable " that it would bring lower wages but " it was only fair to let women have a fair share in the competition " . |
| 16 | She relayed several more messages , conveying by her voice that she thought it was time he appeared in his office . |
| 17 | I said , she 's alright , but it was n't the ordeal that she thought it was going to be . |
| 18 | But then you see , she said that she thought it was too many so she put it |
| 19 | it was forty five degrees so you thought it was one , but the scale was two to one . |
| 20 | Well if , I tell you , if I thought if I thought for one minute that we were gon na come back to England like in the next year , which we wo n't cos Tony 's got another year to do now , it 's a bit longer than we thought it was |
| 21 | Erm and that is or could be the only approach to the client once the job starts , so we thought it was fairly important . |
| 22 | We had some very , very moving speeches yesterday , as we had had at previous meetings , which made it quite clear that a few pounds were vital and crucial to people 's lives , so we thought it was a a gesture that was worth making , and I have to say that probably our group also includes people on , as members , as Councillors , who are themselves on income support , so it was a move which was n't without it 's personal difficulties for us either . |
| 23 | The impression we got was that they thought it was pretty much his own fault . |
| 24 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 25 | Couns Williams and Dixon confirmed that their view of Mr Major 's achievements and thoughts for the future differed from his , that they would not be sending donations and that they thought it was a complete cock-up . |
| 26 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 27 | With regard to the foundation on which his advocacy of the primacy was based , it can be summed up by saying that he thought it was an integral part of the rights of the church committed to his care , testified to by the living members of the community and the tradition which they inherited . |
| 28 | Nor did he say that he thought it was unlikely , on the whole , that the Bishop would sack a perfectly competent administrator who happened not to be smarmy enough to some thruster from the Scottish lowlands . |
| 29 | Mhm , he did actually say that he thought it was highly unlikely |
| 30 | The puppy was probably encouraged to jump up when he was small and everyone thought it was quite fun , but now he is large , and has probably just come in from a swim in the pool and Aunty is standing there in her Sunday best . |