Examples of 'thought they had' in a sentence

Meaning of "thought they had"

thought they had: Implies that someone believed or thought they possessed or achieved something, but the situation ended up being different or contrary to their belief

How to use "thought they had" in a sentence

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thought they had
She thought they had more time.
The old folks thought they had.
I thought they had their own games.
Or at least they thought they had believed.
I thought they had a shot this year.
They probably even thought they had to do it.
We thought they had taken her to prison.
Anyone with a cough thought they had it.
They thought they had a rogue lab.
Those they contacted thought they had lost it.
They thought they had our support.
It was somebody who obviously thought they had a plan.
Colin thought they had left me behind.
They were only doing what they thought they had to do.
I just thought they had nasty hygiene.

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With assets which they thought they had.
They thought they had killed everyone.
So father and mother thought they had better go.
I thought they had a pretty good team.
The rebels thought they had won.
I thought they had the place exterminated.
They must have thought they had something.
I thought they had inkless pads now.
Those morons thought they had me.
Thought they had you guys stopped.
Must have thought they had a case.
Thought they had you safely behind a desk.
Republicans thought they had a bad night.
Thought they had one already.
I have always thought they had to be long.
I thought they had the confessed criminal in jail.
But the villagers thought they had escaped.
I thought they had you chained to a desk.
Their parents also thought they had no reason to do so.
I thought they had discovered the switch.
Than they thought they had.
I thought they had their own people.
About what they thought they had seen.
I thought they had you working nights.
At that point nobody thought they had been murdered.
I thought they had put her away.
It was almost as if they thought they had hired painters.
I thought they had disappeared long ago.
Authorities initially thought they had detected four.
I thought they had already searched him.
Some eyewitnesses thought they had seen an aircraft.
I thought they had you on riot control.
The investigators thought they had heard everything.
I thought they had the opposite effect.
Liberal interventionists thought they had this one.

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