Example sentences of "thought [pron] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought I had been economical with the truth . |
| 2 | It was wider than it had looked and Fenella thought she had been right to think it led away from the road , deeper into the hillside . |
| 3 | She thought she had been sympathetic to him , but , in the pain of love herself , could she have been kinder ? |
| 4 | He did n't really care if she and Nick were happy or not but if he thought they had been happier at Druid 's Bottom than they were at his house , he might stop them going again . |
| 5 | Someone touched his elbow so timidly that he thought it had been accidental , until the gesture was repeated with more insistence . |
| 6 | He was glad she thought he had been cool . |
| 7 | I thought he had been right , and that what happened to me on that oily beach was all I was fit for . |