Example sentences of "she thought for " in BNC.

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1 Then she thought for a moment .
2 She thought for a moment .
3 Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up .
4 He said that on her birthday he asked her what she had learnt from life , and she thought for a long time , and then said : ‘ That people are morally the same , and intellectually different . ’
5 She thought for a moment and then added brightly : ‘ It sends the water blue ’ .
6 She thought for a moment , then said , ‘ Not really .
7 ‘ Well — ’ She thought for a moment .
8 She thought for a moment and then said , ‘ Well , do they live at ‘ La Felicità ’ all the winter ?
9 She thought for a moment , and then decided : ‘ The Whiplash . ’
10 She thought for a moment , then added , ‘ And what about the galaxies themselves ?
11 She thought for a moment , and then began to laugh .
12 She thought for a moment .
13 She thought for a moment .
14 Once during lunch , she thought for a moment her hopes would be realized .
15 She thought for a while , then crossed out ‘ journey ’ the second time and wrote in ‘ trip ’ , so as not to repeat herself .
16 She thought for a moment , then said , ‘ Well , well … ’
17 She thought for a moment .
18 ‘ Be reasonable , ’ Johnny whispered , and she thought for a moment that he was going to hit her .
19 She thought for a moment .
20 She thought for a moment and turned to him with flushed cheeks .
21 ‘ We 're so lucky ! ’ she thought for the umpteenth time .
22 Just like a shark , she thought for the second time that night , and the image did n't entirely displease her .
23 She thought for some time before saying : ‘ In some degree ’ puts it quite well . ’
24 She thought for a minutes and said : " Yes , you do have a look of a Renoir lady , sometimes " That 's a nice way of saying Fat is Beautiful .
25 She thought for a moment .
26 She thought for a moment .
27 She thought for a moment and then said , ‘ Well , actually I did see someone rather unexpected .
28 She thought for a long time , not looking at him , but at the glowing red centre of the range .
29 Meredith watched the long , well-manicured fingers gripping the glass until his joints showed white and she thought for one crazy moment that it was going to break into shards .
30 His lips hesitated , and she thought for a moment that he was going to draw her away , but he gave a low groan and his mouth moved against hers again .
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