Example sentences of "thought for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped the car and thought for a bit . |
| 2 | Ethel thought for a minute . |
| 3 | Henry Tyler thought for a moment , ‘ That 's an acronym I have n't come across . ’ |
| 4 | I thought for a moment . |
| 5 | I thought for a while . |
| 6 | ‘ If we thought for one moment that the health of the public was at risk we 'd stop selling eggs . ’ |
| 7 | I thought for one moment he was about to perform a Highland Fling . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought for Christ 's sake why does n't he shut up ? |
| 9 | Whether his books were or were not weighty , he thought for himself , and was no man 's copy . |
| 10 | Erika thought for a moment — a brief moment . |
| 11 | Thinking so hard about it , he thought for a moment he was hearing guns . |
| 12 | Gazzer thought for a minute . |
| 13 | Marie thought for a moment , then got up , suddenly decisive . |
| 14 | He thought for a second about the Brigadier 's last biased pronouncement , found himself immediately incensed , and launched impetuously into a passionate rebuttal . |
| 15 | Elinor thought for a minute or two and then made her decision . |
| 16 | They never thought for a moment about reverting to conventional agriculture , although Gareth had come from a research job with ICI . |
| 17 | Sam thought for a second he could smell damp straw — ’ … and carried many miles to a place they have never seen before and from which they can never return . |
| 18 | She looked away and Trent thought for a moment that she would leave it alone , but then she looked back and asked quickly , to get it out , ‘ Did your mother leave him for your father ? ’ |
| 19 | I NEVER thought for one moment that my life would become bound up with rivers . |
| 20 | I never thought for a minute we 'd come off that green with a shot in hand ; maybe one shot behind , never in front . |
| 21 | When Maidstone had finished , Franco thought for a moment , shrugged and wandered off to the other end of the bar . |
| 22 | Sean thought for a minute , then smiled at his brother . |
| 23 | Then she thought for a moment . |
| 24 | I thought for a moment . |
| 25 | The driver thought for a moment . |
| 26 | The doctor thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement . |
| 27 | I thought for a moment that I had come second ; I had n't seen Ben at all . |
| 28 | ‘ This is a much 'appier Christmas than we thought for . |
| 29 | Marian thought for a moment . |
| 30 | She thought for a moment . |