Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's slightly sparkling so I thought you 'd prefer it . ’ |
| 2 | So I thought you must know what you were doing . ’ |
| 3 | So I knew you would eat it like that in an omelette . |
| 4 | So I felt you might have something of substance to add to Captain Trentham 's report . ’ |
| 5 | When you did n't speak to me straightaway I thought you 'd go off again without a word to me . ’ |
| 6 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 7 | she said might and er Martine is coming to stay , well I thought you would do really , because er , I did n't think they 'd leave the house |
| 8 | Well I thought you would have got it in black and white . |
| 9 | Well I thought you 'd 've ate them before now . |
| 10 | Well I thought you 'd come cos I very rarely get many people in much before er |
| 11 | so he was gon na do the same for me , do a bit of shopping well I said you 'll get it like give you the money , so he says well I was gon na do the same but I said the only thing is when we go to the cash desk er , I said I 'm gon na leave you , I said I 'm not standing there |
| 12 | I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe I knew you 'd try to stop me . |
| 14 | And then I thought you 'd shout at me . |