The universe had not been quiet and unchanging since the beginning of time, as many people had thought.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

The discovery is exciting because it suggests that the building blocks of life may be more common in the universe than scientists had thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

From the day it was decided that the sentence of her lover should be decided in the arena, she had thought of nothing but this event.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The researchers had a theory. They thought that people who were bitten by infected mosquitoes,but recovered, were protected in the future.

VOA: special.2011.05.31

The publisher thought the press had a duty to place itself into stories to right wrongs where it could.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

His clothes did not fit well. And he had a plain face, one which many thought was ugly.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The women thought it was funny that Paul had told people he took them out to nice restaurants and sent them flowers.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

An Alliance member described the result of these discussions: "People began to think, who had never thought before.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The researchers had a theory. They thought that people who were bitten by infected mosquitoes, but recovered, were protected in the future.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

She had to tell her mother! And Cazeau! As she thought of him, a whole new sense of life swept over her.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

The National Park Service says early colonial settlers and land developers thought the Everglades had little value.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Scientists now know,however, that the surface of the Earth is not as permanent as had been thought.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The neighbors sometimes talked of the "better days" that little Missus Sommers had known before she had ever thought of being Missus Sommers.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

"So when this thought came about starting a record label we already had a few ideas of people that we'd like to record.

VOA: special.2010.04.19