Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggested abortion two or three times and made it very clear that he thought I was making a mistake . |
| 2 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 3 | The judge made it clear that he thought the complainant was the truthful witness and that the case should continue . |
| 4 | Expressing his view that the case should go on , the judge made clear that he thought Mr. Gilbert was ‘ a witness of truth and a very accurate and careful one , ’ whereas Mr. Everett was ‘ patently false . ’ |
| 5 | By his expression , it was clear that he thought she was lying . |
| 6 | He made it clear that he thought a minority Labour government would have no right to a dissolution if it was rapidly defeated in the Commons . |
| 7 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 9 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of Beauty as beautiful and Cruelty as cruel . |
| 10 | When I looked at all this stuff , it came to me that it was very interesting that they thought of beauty as beautiful and cruelty as cruel . |
| 11 | Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall . |
| 12 | Lee suddenly felt so sad that she thought she would never move again . |
| 13 | The smile had died from his eyes , and he tightened his arms round her so hard that she thought her ribs might crack . |
| 14 | He put his hands on her shoulders , towering over her , his powerful body so compelling that she thought she would fall if he let her go . |
| 15 | My son was so feeble that I thought I would lose him at birth . |
| 16 | It is obvious that it thought the enlightened amateur , like Hope himself , was the ideal judge . |
| 17 | You really lost your cool , you 've got to admit it ; and it was obvious that you thought I was completely off my trolley , so you see … ’ |
| 18 | Well I think he can go through the small claims court for five hundred but I suppose six hundred was just over , it 's probably something very crafty that they thought up between them , this pair ! |
| 19 | We could hear the groan of their engines for so long that we thought more vehicles were approaching . |
| 20 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 21 | She shook herself inwardly , said severely , Control yourself , Sally-Anne Tunstall ; remember what happened when you had such soft thoughts about a man before , and the sudden dreadful memory this evoked hit her so hard that she stopped dead in her tracks , gave a stifled wail , and went so white that Dr Neil , hearing her , and looking at her , saw that her pallor was so extreme that he thought her on the verge of fainting . |
| 22 | It was unlikely that he thought that he would be beaten . |
| 23 | She went to sleep , she was so heavy that he thought he could barely carry her another step but he got her home and set her down in the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 24 | Afterwards I felt ashamed that I thought I knew better than they did , especially when they were doing everything for free . |
| 25 | I 'm amazed that you thought the Bob Mould feature was excellent . |
| 26 | Its just that I thought you would n't come here any more … not after last night . ’ |
| 27 | One particularly bold animal came so close that we thought he was going to hook his tusks over the edge of our inflatable . |
| 28 | Right alongside were the bows of a ship ; they seemed enormous and so close that I thought the bilge water would splash on our deck . |
| 29 | ‘ Well ? ’ he barked , clearly not ecstatic that she thought she could lay down conditions . |
| 30 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |