Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [pers pn] thought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for the City 's surveyors department said : ‘ There was an element of confusion after the blast because the Chamber of Shipping building had partially collapsed and we thought there might be similar damage to the Baltic . |
| 2 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 3 | yeah , well I was there the other day and erm the bell went and nobody sort of moved and I thought I think , I know , you know , so I got up and I washed me cup of tea like , you know , they looked at me as if you know oh there 's a keen , but I mean I do think it 's important to do that , because not only that it 's not fair for the |
| 4 | How do those issues get decided and I thought there 's no sensible answer . |
| 5 | But the room was not well lit and she thought it wiser to live in the shadows as she did not want to explain why she looked ill . |
| 6 | Er , I hoped I 'd made clear that if the profits of Pearsons erm er not only if they went down but even if er , there was only a small erm , increase in earnings per share er next year that the the directors ' salaries would be very considerably reduced and I thought I 'd already made that erm , er , directors ' erm remuneration total take home pay would be considerably reduced thought I 'd already made that point . |
| 7 | Oh very good , yes , aha , so er Jim 's been very busy with his talks and different things and er we packed in , you know , after Christmas cos we both worked and we thought we 'd have it , you know , and we caught this flu bug and |
| 8 | I was gon na say er somebody told me that he 'd left and I thought it was you cos nobody would . |
| 9 | ‘ The opposition was divided and he thought his would be the strongest party . |