Example sentences of "the [noun pl] thought it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the Germans thought it would be less conspicuous on its own . |
| 2 | A correspondent of The Times thought it was ‘ like the first hearing of a great symphony ’ , and Harold Laski , never one to be outdone in either flattery or hyperbole , wrote to Baldwin that it was ‘ the greatest speech a Prime Minister has ever made ’ . |
| 3 | Another who heard the bangs thought it was a cracker . |
| 4 | It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the evidence against the arrested person was distinctly shaky — but all the judges thought it enough to justify a reasonable suspicion . |
| 5 | Perhaps the Indians thought it was a religious thing , like celebrating the 500th anniversary of a cathedral or whatever . |
| 6 | The guests thought it was romantic and had great fun picking their way through the candlelit restaurant . |
| 7 | Berwick Kaler gives a peculiarly charmless performance as the Pope , Frances de la Tour is wasting her time as the witch , and one wonders why the producers thought it was worth transferring this dismal exercise to the West End from the West Yorkshire Playhouse . |
| 8 | She was fine and that gave me the courage to go on , then the unveiling was held up because the trustees thought it would be controversial and it was … |
| 9 | Our pick-up point for transport to Bletchley was on the Embankment , near the Swan Hotel , and ‘ pick-up point ’ is just what the Americans thought it was ! |
| 10 | Country stars of the day were hugely popular , accessing mass audiences through a thriving network of local radio stations , but the accompanying pressures of success often led the performers to personal excess and chemical abuse long before the rock'n'rollers thought it was cool . |
| 11 | The target moved from where the beams thought it was going to be . |
| 12 | He was sent home from hospital after a short period , since the doctors thought it more important that he should be there with his wife , and he shouted " hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah ! " as he was carried over the threshold . |
| 13 | ‘ The doctors thought it best . |
| 14 | The question is whether the jurists thought it appropriate to proceed differently in either case . |
| 15 | The invaders thought it must be a reinforcing army , and decided to go home . |
| 16 | To begin with , the Gnomes thought it a fine idea to be part of the traditional Fidchell and Bith of the Bog-Hat told how the Wolfkings had played it during the Winter Solstice with solid gold figures studded with ivory and pearl , which the Gnomes always had the supplying of . |
| 17 | All the others thought it was so wonderful and I could n't understand what I was missing . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ The nurses thought it a huge joke . ’ |
| 19 | It was travelling at high speed and the boys thought it was going to hit them , the rider was crouched over the bars obviously unaware of the boys . |
| 20 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 21 | Nevertheless , because the Turks thought it inconceivable that their enemy would land in such an inhospitable situation the Anzacs met little opposition , and , four hours after the initial landing , some 8,000 men were safely ashore . |
| 22 | But the soldiers thought it was great altogether to be near to Tara , and began to talk about getting up a party to go along and take a look , because would n't it be the finest old inspiration a man could have to see the Bright Palace again . |
| 23 | Egyptians used it for embalming their dead , the Mesopotamians used it as perfume and the Romans thought it was an aphrodisiac . |