Example sentences of "thought [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd put a fifty-pound note in it and so she thought that it had been stolen . |
| 2 | BIIBA wanted a stay of execution on Fimbra 's plans and thought that it had gained such a deal when its chairman , David Palmer , met Fimbra chairman Lord Elton . |
| 3 | I thought that it was still possible for there to be a political link between the United Kingdom and India . |
| 4 | After the damaging Westland affair and the loss of two senior Cabinet ministers , there were even Conservatives who thought that it might be time to change the leader . |
| 5 | But now ’ she thought that it was not that , but something worse ; Rachel , who had always known things , did not know them properly any more . |
| 6 | McLeish thought that it seemed a reasonably sensible plan . |
| 7 | However , there are both practical and legal problems in cases where the woman says that she consented through fear only : she did not resist , because she thought that it would be hopeless in the circumstances , she was terrified , or she feared serious violence . |
| 8 | One marcher thought that it had been deliberately chosen to be provocative ; others suggested that it was simply the most direct route . |
| 9 | And people thought that it all had to be changed . |
| 10 | Most workers , it was claimed , thought that it would be much worse for Germany if it lost the war , that a more draconian Versailles , the dismembering of Germany , and massive unemployment would be the consequence . |
| 11 | 45% thought that it was wrong to withdraw food and medical treatment from severely handicapped babies rejected by their parents . |
| 12 | But if the Conservative Party thought that it was cornering the market in citizenship , they were to be quickly disillusioned . |
| 13 | Despite these reservations she thought that it was a good film but at the same time she upheld a longstanding tradition in Socialist Worker of avoiding any discussion of what a ‘ good film ’ might be . |
| 14 | More seriously , he thought that it was probably a corrupt version of some such name as Krankovitz or Krankovsky , indicating that one branch of the family had come from eastern Europe . |
| 15 | ‘ All of the 130 pupils thought that it was a great way to end our five years at Bohunt . ’ |
| 16 | Lewis said that the Government thought that it was only necessary , at present , to provide suitable accommodation for the War Office and the Foreign Office , but preliminary steps could be taken towards acquiring the land , and Hall could obtain designs for laying out the whole area . |
| 17 | D'Hazeville 's was described in The Saturday Review as ‘ tame and commonplace ’ , although the assessors and Burn thought that it had sufficient merits to be placed fourth on their War Department lists . |
| 18 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 19 | One head of department thought that it had increased marginally as a result of being more involved in decision-making , but this was less important to him than teaching . |
| 20 | P.C. All right , Sir , but I always thought that it was more creditable to prevent crime and keep one 's beat clean and free from nuisances or offences than to have charges or summonses of a trivial character . |
| 21 | Both Dr Laurent and Dr Blackwell thought that it was a virus infection but we could only isolate bacteria in our small microscopes . |
| 22 | The members thought that it was technically feasible and , under the right conditions , could benefit the region . |
| 23 | After the traumas of war , revolution and civil war he thought that it was necessary to have a prolonged period of social and political peace which would provide the correct climate for the economic growth that all desired . |
| 24 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 25 | When the draw was announced and I found that I was next to Carl Lewis I thought that it was just brilliant , because we run our races in a similar fashion and I thought he could drag me through . |
| 26 | However , I thought that it was wrong , very , very wrong that he was picked for Stuttgart on the strength of those two races . |
| 27 | It was my first taste of a major Grand Prix meeting and I thought that it was brilliant , colourful and exciting . |
| 28 | I asked her how she knew and she just said that she always thought that it was obvious . |
| 29 | They thought that it could only just have died . |
| 30 | The meaning that they gave it should send cold shivers down the spine of any parent : fully a half thought that it was an instruction to cross the road , and half of these thought that it was showing you how to do it — by running ! |