Example sentences of "thought of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they said , for example , ‘ in the reign of the King Cheops ’ they thought of a distant event situated in time in a rather vague way . |
| 2 | I thought of a nice name |
| 3 | What Bet and Alec thought of a packed house replete with Manc ravers is anyone 's guess but we are told that this event , which was a joint Most Excellent and A Bit Ginger promotion , had the Mancunian cognoscenti rocking over the most famous beermats in Britain . |
| 4 | She thought of a tired analogy she had often heard , people in a crowded train compared to sardines in a tin . |
| 5 | Yes , and I think I thought of a personal note that , because we do get some good , good appointments . |
| 6 | The day before she left he thought of a new name for his house . |
| 7 | I used to use a stop watch and then I thought of a better way . |
| 8 | She thought of a beautiful phrase — to comfort his sad heart — and tears came into her eyes . |
| 9 | After coming across a hefty pile of best magazines prior to moving house earlier this year , I thought of a novel idea . |
| 10 | He thought of a Socialist future for his half country , and conceived the hope of a job in which he might have the luck to be gripped by some stupendous ire of work , trying to avoid the spectacle of the people around him and in the wet street outside , which pointed out a fraternal indifference in the world that was the last perception he cared to harbor . |