Example sentences of "she thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She set higher store by emotional security ’ than her sister , ‘ and thought she would find it with a man soft-hearted and caring and pliant , far removed , as she thought , from father 's toughness and uncontrollability . ’ |
| 2 | Poor daft lamb , she thought , affectionately . |
| 3 | Or in Heaven , she thought . |
| 4 | She thought Annabel was a sweet child ! |
| 5 | She thought , looking dubious . |
| 6 | She 'd put a fifty-pound note in it and so she thought that it had been stolen . |
| 7 | She thought she was ugly and monstrously fat , and was always surprised and cynical when boys/men talked to her . |
| 8 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 9 | You 've done it now , she thought , numbing herself against Lucy 's inevitable knowing look and dismissive laugh . |
| 10 | She looked at it and could see no fault ; she thought of Lucy and did n't care . |
| 11 | ‘ Voilà , ’ she thought , tossing the letter into the postbox , ‘ Ma vie est faite . ’ |
| 12 | It must be strange to be the object of my affection , she thought idly , especially if all you 've had is hard-chested men doing their best but never sure . |
| 13 | Grating ginger , Phoebe Snow on the stereo thank you but I 'm just lookin ' , sipping wine , a wry smile damping her forest fire , she thought , at least we 'll have a good meal . |
| 14 | Thank you , brain , she thought , thanks for that suave little Jay phrase , guaranteed to raise a giggle , calm things down . |
| 15 | Fuck it , she thought at five , maybe I just wo n't go home . |
| 16 | I shall be a bitter-looking little old lady with no muscle tone , she thought , and re-dialled Lucy . |
| 17 | All this drama , darling , she thought all this gotta-see-her , and I ca n't even look at her . |
| 18 | You can tell we 're English , she thought that evening as they sat four tables apart in the dining room , books propped against their separate water jugs . |
| 19 | Ha , you demons , she thought with every foam-headed wave cuffing her , there 's a dance in the old dame yet ! |
| 20 | The problem , she thought , in the hotel room , dressing to delight herself , delighted to be objective , to be smiling still , the problem : how to do all that , how to feel alive and brimming without a love object . |
| 21 | And now , she thought in the blessed silence , my dear Jay , what would you like to do ? |
| 22 | Her heart cramped now as she thought of her husband 's folly in plumping for the easy money , as it had seemed , after three bad harvests — his airy promise to come home soon — his failure to return after his regiment had been disbanded in Madras and left to make its own way back round half the world . |
| 23 | ‘ She thought you would be working . |
| 24 | It was taking a risk , when she thought about it , to go to the seaside in September . |
| 25 | She made no effort to turn over , although she thought about it , imagined how it might be to lean on one elbow , to twist her body in a single movement . |
| 26 | Remarkable , she thought , how many of these terms were familiar to quite young children . |
| 27 | ‘ For them to claim ’ would not have jarred the ear in the same way , she thought , but did not say . |
| 28 | She thought about the men she had met . |
| 29 | But this year , she thought with satisfaction , she was well-prepared ; and Rodney had found a much larger place than usual and invited all and sundry to join them . |
| 30 | Walks across the moors she thought , beginning to plan her activities for the week . |