Example sentences of "had [adv] thought [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had foolishly thought it would be the easiest fee I 'd ever earned . |
| 2 | It was only a faint smile , glimmering , but more than Ruth had ever thought she 'd see from Fand . |
| 3 | She had initially thought he might have come to reclaim the Madam 's brothel — in which case he was going to have a mysterious and fatal accident . |
| 4 | At first he had seriously thought she might be play-acting . |
| 5 | Problems had eased between them when Lori had left home to make her career in modelling , and Paige had actually thought they would end completely when Lori had married a wealthy American and gone to live in the States . |
| 6 | No longer the much cosseted bearer of Robert 's son ( he had never thought it would not be a boy ) , a being set apart : real life suspended until it should all be over . |
| 7 | In his wildest nightmares he had never thought it would come to this . |
| 8 | She behaved as she had never thought it would be possible for her to behave . |
| 9 | She had never thought she would see Alain . |
| 10 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
| 11 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
| 12 | He had never thought he could share his life with anyone . |