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'thought it clever' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone who has done something they perceive to be clever or intelligent. For example, "She had figured out the puzzle quickly, and she thought it clever."
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The young fogeys of the Thatcherite years thought it clever to dismiss the likes of Picasso.
Perhaps someone at The Times thought it clever to have such a relentlessly joyless person review a book about exuberance, but the resulting review was as predictable as it was unfair.
Feeling washed up at 55, the eternal showman and sometime chauvinist thought it clever to challenge the No. 1 female tennis pro.
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I shudder to watch interviewers who think it clever to be snide, supercilious, or downright offensive.
The Square team thought it was "clever" to design the Stand to swivel back-and-forth ("and it is quite clever"), but larger sellers wanted separate displays, allowing the customer to see each product as they're being rung up.
"I thought it was clever".
We thought it was clever, but it wasn't a 'eureka!' moment.
Edward I. Koch, a former mayor, thought it a clever way to distract the board.
Several analysts also said they thought it was clever of Mr. Bush to tie two major issues together in a way that could undermine Mr. Gore's support.
Or we could have called him Gutu, which was where he was actually from in Masvingo, but, as his real name was Zacharias, we thought it rather clever to pun on it in this way.
StockMood – I thought it was clever – haven't seen an analysis versus articles site before.
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