Example sentences of "thought [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , of course , what he tried to do with everyone that he thought worth the trouble . |
| 2 | He has expectations you thought worth the venture ? |
| 3 | These documents probably represented the more important business of the day matters which Secretary Cromwell and Lord Treasurer Burghley thought worth a special note . |
| 4 | Jack Heinz and I thought as one : that if the drawings could be housed in a Portman Square modernised for fire and climate control , and have the financial burden lifted from the shoulders of the RIBA , this would allow for spatial manoeuvre in Portland Place . |
| 5 | Nice work if you can get it , I thought as the tail lights of her Daimler ( or was it a Rolls ? ) disappeared into the night . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought as how the name was familiar . |
| 7 | ‘ 'When I was a child I spake as a child , I understood as a child , I thought as a child , but when I became a man , I put away childish things . |
| 8 | And he thought as a result that he knew about everything else as well and Brenda , he did n't . |
| 9 | Well I just thought as a woman not , you know as a person |
| 10 | I thought as in |
| 11 | I thought about it and it made me feel a bit better . |
| 12 | I thought about writing a letter to The Times and telling them about an important man who beat up his children . |
| 13 | It was taking a risk , when she thought about it , to go to the seaside in September . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Most nights , at some point , he thought about phoning Amanda but he always managed , at the last moment , to replace the receiver before her answerphone answered . |
| 16 | She thought about the men she had met . |
| 17 | Meanwhile she thought about bosses and masses . |
| 18 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 19 | With that remark I took my leave and made my way through the orchard and onto the road leading to Brigade H.Q That evening as I lay in my trench I thought about the events of the first seven days in Normandy . |
| 20 | I thought about the Commando losing his leg this morning and the two wounded being loaded on to the jeep . |
| 21 | Also contrary to the speculations of media sociologists , television not only failed to determine what the electorate thought , it also failed to determine what they thought about , though it did communicate to the electorate what the parties were fighting about . |
| 22 | Whenever he thought about this in later years , his memory would go back to the Cuddesdon time and the shock of seeing a House of Commons pretending that it knew how people ought to say their prayers . |
| 23 | A mind with original ideas , who wished to persuade the Protestants to be more Catholic and to persuade the Catholics to respect the truths of Protestantism , was instantly a must for those who thought about the reunion of the Churches . |
| 24 | Under the old system , where bishops were chosen by archbishops and prime ministers who thought about the needs of the nation , Ramsey would not have been chosen . |
| 25 | He kicked good steps and we thought about it . |
| 26 | While local authorities and Muslim groups in Bradford squabbled over the rights and wrongs of the matter , and the press reported with relish the ‘ grotesque ’ attitudes of Muslim parents , no one really asked the daughters what they thought about it . |
| 27 | ‘ I reckon I did , ’ Cullam said , ‘ I did afterwards when I thought about it . |
| 28 | At first Wexford felt a curious distaste and then he thought about the dead man and what he knew of him . |
| 29 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 30 | I thought about going in there , but I ai n't got no money . |