Examples of 'we thought we had' in a sentence

Meaning of "we thought we had"

This phrase is used when someone realizes that they were mistaken or had a wrong assumption about something. It suggests a change in perception or understanding of a situation

How to use "we thought we had" in a sentence

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we thought we had
We thought we had another bite at the apple.
For a moment we thought we had lost you.
We thought we had hoped to have banished tragedy.
Access wonderful emotions we thought we had buried.
We thought we had found the ultimate gift.
It was then that we thought we had to go further.
We thought we had a chance of getting the contract.
Three times we thought we had a heart.
We thought we had a solid chance this year.
We lost because we thought we had won.
We thought we had him placed for adoption.
We have got a bigger problem than we thought we had.
The minute we thought we had it under control.
We do not have the ultimate control we thought we had.
A time we thought we had put far behind us.

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We do not have the control that we thought we had.
At times we thought we had lost the battle.
We were all terribly depressed because we thought we had failed.
Last week we thought we had ourselves a loft.
Plenty of water and a lot more food than we thought we had.
We thought we had the key to an enduring union.
The terrible scourge we thought we had eradicated has returned.
We thought we had finally won the war.
We all did things we thought we had to do.
We thought we had the rivers under control.
At one point we thought we had it.
We thought we had finished work on this section.
We lost a future we thought we had.
We thought we had lost our only son.
We did what we thought we had to do.
We thought we had trees and green here.
Life would feel empty if we thought we had no more dreams to fulfill.
We thought we had destroyed him in the camp.
It was what we thought we had to do.
We thought we had enough time to sneak one in.
It means that we do not have the backup that we thought we had.
At first we thought we had missed the parade.
We would never have handed ourselves in if we thought we had something to hide.
But we thought we had logic on our side.
Which really helped our relationship because we thought we had a good start.
We thought we had lost him this time.
I have played on too many losing football teams when we thought we had it won.
We thought we had done our homework but we were wrong.
At last we thought it was over We thought we had survived the horror.
We thought we had only two technical solutions.
Springfield does not have an anthem We thought we had one But we do not.
We thought we had one of the better pens.
Was inside with us from the very moment we thought we had subdued Sagasta.
We thought we had accounted for them all.
Even you and I got married because we thought we had no time.

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