Example sentences of "thought of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When some thought of major change is initiated , all those affected will have their own interpretations of what is going on , based on their existing knowledge and experience . |
| 2 | As she covered me from toe to head in the brown muck I thought of Julien Sorel in The Red and the Black , dissimulating and silent for the sake of ambition , his pride often shattered , but beneath it all solid in his superiority . |
| 3 | But taking our morality from the Bible does not necessarily mean merely taking it on trust and authority , and abandoning all thought of moral knowledge . |
| 4 | When we saw Liz 's auburn colouring we instantly thought of pre-Raphaelite curls , and prepared to get out the tongs . |
| 5 | I thought of Biblical characters dressed in white flowing robes walking about the arid plains of Palestine or striding along the shores of the Sea of Galilee , making lepers leap into the air and hurl away their bells . |
| 6 | ‘ We thought of better excuses in my day . |
| 7 | I thought of hypothetical dangers — murderers , rapists ; and I have no doubt that such are abroad at night in the most unlikely of places at the most unlikely of times . |
| 8 | She looked out to sea , as far as she could through the mist , and thought of great trees whispering under the waves . |
| 9 | They thought of each other . ’ |
| 10 | In fact , I thought of interior designing , but you really need the right connections for that . ’ |
| 11 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 12 | Such nice somebody and then I thought of ah I thought of that door yes all right let's |
| 13 | I never thought of that angle . ’ |
| 14 | I wonder what Eric Clapton thought of that part of Nirvana 's performance ? |
| 15 | He thought of that remark now , as he paused outside the house . |
| 16 | She thought of that moment at the Villa Fiesole when Maurin had pointed a gun at them . |
| 17 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 18 | Times hard , thought of all days , thought the old lady still would n't let me of the old erm |
| 19 | I thought of other things ; a fast hockey-match , an adventure story , the problems in a game of chess , a field of snowdrops and crocus in springtime , the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven and as many other happy subjects as I could conjure up . |
| 20 | One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought . |
| 21 | She thought of other happenings since she had arrived in Czechoslovakia , and concentrated her thoughts on Lubor — who had n't found her clinging enough . |
| 22 | Mary never thought of other people , but only of herself . |
| 23 | He thought of other weapons , and their deployment . |
| 24 | ‘ Then he wanted to know what I thought of young Hilary , ’ said Tom . |
| 25 | Davide sighed ; with Tommaso Talvi he had been hungry for experience , but now , he wondered what had impelled him then to want so much , everything , travel , influence , money , work , before he had ever touched a woman ; when now he sang arias of extreme emotion , when he grieved and sobbed his passion in La Forza and Boccanegra and La Traviata , he thought of young men in the future bursting their hearts for his daughters . |
| 26 | She thought of cross-country runs at Pinehurst , when she and Gay and Flick had led the field . |
| 27 | Perk up at thought of dear Tom snatching hour to gaze into my eyes over Ploughman 's Lunch at The Trout . |
| 28 | God knows what he thought of Slim Jim Baxter . |
| 29 | He thought of little Rosamund and went to the high altar where the great missal lay . |
| 30 | I then asked John whether in recent years America was producing good literature , and what he thought of popular authors such as James Michener . |