Example sentences of "was [conj] [pers pn] thought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impression we got was that they thought it was pretty much his own fault . |
| 2 | And with Rentakil , and if you remember at that time , as he rightly said last night the idea of going with Rentakil , was that we thought they were a reputable firm , |
| 3 | The only difference her success made was that she thought her an incompetent fool who was lucky enough to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When I told him , his reply was that he thought I had liked going there , and he burst out with , ‘ Thank goodness you told me . |
| 6 | ‘ The issue for you was that you thought I was after his money . |
| 7 | The most frightening thing was that I thought it would never stop . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | My problem , if you can call it that , at the time was that I thought I had all the natural talent in the world and did n't need to train . |
| 10 | And additional cross-tabulations not included in Appendix I showed that two per cent of those buying for cash said that this was because they thought they probably would n't be able to get credit . |
| 11 | Maybe it was because they thought it was dangerous to stand out in any way from the crowd , in case fate was tempted to drop a crate on their heads . |
| 12 | I liked to think it was because they thought he 'd failed , that our survival in the mountains had been his humiliation , but I would have to admit this might have been mere wishful thinking . |
| 13 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 15 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |