Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] thought [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I really thought I could handle something like that ! |
| 2 | I often thought I could win money on predicting results/scores , but a/ You 'd never win much without risking an awful lot and b/ I reckon the odds are fixed even more in the bookies favour on footy , than with GGs . |
| 3 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 4 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I never thought it could happen . |
| 6 | ‘ I never thought I could feel this way about any woman . |
| 7 | I never thought I could work with someone like Oliver there , but I can . |
| 8 | I never thought you could get icing in so many different colours of … " |
| 9 | ‘ I never thought you could run like that , Sarah , ’ said Angela , coming down the slope and joining them . |
| 10 | The are very variable they obviously thought we could afford a |
| 11 | But erm , yes I 've heard a lot of people say that er , they never thought they could get this far . |
| 12 | Even if you were five behind with five to go with Seve , he still thought he could win , and there 's nothing pumps a caddie up more than a guy who thinks like that . |
| 13 | George Bush chose him to run the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) at a time when he still thought he could co-opt and not alienate the green lobby . |