Example sentences of "thinking it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened the door , thinking it led to a bedroom . |
| 2 | Thinking it meant the arrival of a new doctor , she stopped to read the two names on it . |
| 3 | On the other hand , Sue Ramsden and Clive Snee found that most unemployed men said their health had stayed the same since losing their jobs in 1978 and roughly equivalent small proportions thinking it had got worse or better . |
| 4 | Thinking it had taken the old baggage long enough to show some concern , and it would take more than a few mumbled words to alter things . |
| 5 | I ca n't help thinking it had something to do with Angy 's murder , but we 'll never know now . |
| 6 | For example , it may be permissible to use the Apple logo for brandy ( providing it has not been registered against the wines and spirits class ) and there would be little danger of the public thinking it had anything to do with the computer company . |
| 7 | If Euclidean space-time stretches back to infinite imaginary time , or else starts at a singularity in imaginary time , we have the same problem as in the classical theory of specifying the initial state of the universe : God may know how the universe began , but we can not give any particular reason for thinking it began one way rather than another . |
| 8 | Leonora listened wistfully as she toyed with her sandwich , thinking it sounded idyllic , and a great waste for one man on his own . |
| 9 | So , thinking it needed someone superior who might fit the requirements of the position , I thought of Millie as a most suitable person , and decided to put the proposition to you , Mrs Winkowski . |
| 10 | Dexter explained how he was wavering about the list of suspects : one moment thinking it consisted of only a handful of people and then believing almost anyone in the building could have done it . |
| 11 | ‘ Why did you realise at Christmas ? ’ she asked , nuzzling her mouth into his warm neck , and thinking it tasted far better than the doughnut she had been dutifully consuming . |