Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [subord] [pron] think [pers pn] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 You asked me whether I thought we could trust the boy .
2 This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere .
3 Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else .
4 I entered it because I thought it would increase my confidence ; once you 've walked down a catwalk in a swimsuit , you can face most things .
5 ‘ Look , Dorothy , I hired you because I thought you might shake the place up a bit , so if you are unhappy here , that 's at least partly my fault .
6 Tommy , inset left , killed him when they thought he owned them £25 .
7 Sarah was watching and listening so I asked her if she thought they were all the same .
8 I asked him if he thought he would win any prizes ; he thought he would be lucky if he did .
9 The cops saw me where they thought I should n't be , so they got curious .
10 It was a little Mini van that he ran around in saying it was for the band but really he had it because he thought it was ‘ a good shagging mobile ’ with just enough space in the back for ‘ entertaining ’ .
11 Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm
12 You teased me because you thought I was ignorant , and you were right .
  Next page