Example sentences of "thought [conj] for " in BNC.

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1 So much so , that the doctor , who was new to the district , thought that for safety 's sake , Jim should take her into the hospital at Invercargill .
2 As they passed the alimentari ( shut , as it might be forever ) and then plunged off the road into the shadows of the bramble-lined single track , Haverford quoted , as he had been waiting to do ever since they left Heathrow : ‘ ‘ In the middle of the journey of our life , I found myself lost in a dark wood , ’ ’ he began to translate for the benefit of the children , but they were all , including the baby , asleep now and Molly thought that for her father to pretend to be in the middle of his life was a bit of a cheek anyway .
3 Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed .
4 The committee thought that for a grass court tournament she should be marginally favoured over Sanchez Vicario . ’
5 P'raps they 've gone blackberryin' , he thought and for a fleeting moment he wished that he was with them .
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