Example sentences of "think it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they had only lived in London because he had thought it was what she wanted . |
| 2 | Certain happenings in her body had stopped ; she had thought it was something to do with being married , or almost so , to Paul . |
| 3 | If she heard on the News that a man had been murdered here , she might have thought it was me . |
| 4 | They 'd heard this awful racket you see and they 'd thought it was me coming and falling or something on the stairs . |
| 5 | ‘ United gave him away and Mike Walker must have thought it was his lucky day . |
| 6 | Oh dear , and he 'd thought it was his own animal magnetism . |
| 7 | I mean , if I 'd got pregnant he might have thought it was his , that he 'd got better somehow . |
| 8 | I would have thought it was your duty to take law … |
| 9 | ‘ You know , I 've always thought it was your sense of humour that attracted Walter to you , Hilda . ’ |
| 10 | Initially my son did n't want to see me , the youngest girl thought it was her fault and tried to put it right , while the middle one seemed completely untouched by the whole thing . |
| 11 | At first she thought it was her eyes playing tricks ( did she have eyes ? ) , but then she recognized it : the glow cast by the Women 's spears . |
| 12 | Chesarynth thought it was her own screaming and embarrassment boiled through her but when she looked round , bodies were twitching and smoking everywhere as the computer-banks sparked into flame . |
| 13 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it was him . ’ |
| 15 | Flashman said : ‘ Barry and I took calls on Thursday from someone saying he was Martin Edwards , and we genuinely thought it was him . |
| 16 | ‘ We all thought it was him . |
| 17 | And I never knew there was actually a proper song to it , I thought it was one we 'd made up junior school . |
| 18 | I thought it was one . |
| 19 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 20 | no , no , she thought it was hers and she wanted me |
| 21 | not re no , no , listen , listen , no listen , listen , listen , it 's not , wait a minute , no , right , it was up there , we thought it was hers but it was n't hers , so I took the wrong one |
| 22 | I 've just realized I have n't either , when I saw that woman crossing the road I thought it was her . |
| 23 | And thought it was somebody else . |
| 24 | I thought it was what Edward Pitt wanted . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You mean we lived in London because you thought it was what I wanted ? ’ |
| 26 | But then it came natural we did n't take any notice of it , we thought it was what was expected of us you know . |
| 27 | He thought it was what she had come for . |
| 28 | Another funny story , also off the record is that that lay in a drawer for two years because they thought it was controversial , they thought it was which I find hilarious . |
| 29 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought it was something religious . |