The phrase "a thought at the" is not complete and lacks clarity in written English.
It can be used when introducing an idea or concept that is being considered or reflected upon, but it needs additional context to be fully understood.
Example: "I had a thought at the moment about how we could improve our project."
Alternatives: "an idea in my mind" or "a notion I had".
"It is only a thought at the moment but I think it would be super for F1 and the whole grand prix weekend".
HARTFORD Real Art Ways "A Thought at the Edge of the Continent: Manchuria to Siberia 1942 - 1947" by Hirokazu Fukawa.
Sportsmen talk about "digging deep" into their mental resources in attaining extremes of performance, and many a fictional character has been described as having a thought at the back of her mind, or having to search for a memory through deep recesses, as though mind were a cupboard that had to be rummaged through.
"It's not even a thought at the moment," said the 28-year-old left-hander.
Throughout this series we have had a thought at the back of our minds: if John Artis and Rubin Carter did not commit these murders then the best way to conclusively exonerate them would be to find the killers.
Frankly, that grandchild was nothing but a passing thought at the time -- and with six months to live, it wasn't a very practical wish.
Well that's a relief, I thought at the time.
"I heard a color!" I thought at the time, remarking to my date that I must have synesthesia, later backtracking to explain that it's "probably a spectrum".
But mostly it will be a chance to revisit an adventure I'd thought at the time was a once-only, last-chance, now-or-never thing.
It's more ambitious than a lot of us thought at the beginning," a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official said.
This claim, though now seen as incorrect, had come in from an intelligence source thought at the time to be reliable, while the dossier was being compiled.
