Example sentences of "thought [pron] [modal v] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 really but seeing as I know her erm I thought I might give her a ring .
2 ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said .
3 He said hello , so I thought I 'd give him a try first .
4 When I met Tutankhamen I thought his clothes were a bit dull so I thought I 'd give him a shell suit yeah , maybe a baseball cap some Reebok pumps and a .
5 I thought I 'd give us a bit of cabbage last night .
6 Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things .
7 Oh I thought I 'd give it a try , why not !
8 I thought I 'd give you a game tonight .
9 Anyhow , my father 's just taken her to the doctor 's , so I thought I 'd give you a ring .
10 Oh , I thought I 'd give you a chance to put on your
11 ‘ True , ’ said Hopper , ‘ but I thought I 'd give you the chance of testing for it … ’
12 ‘ I thought I could give you a lift , ’ Molland said .
13 ‘ I thought she might give us a mention but to get a personal donation like this is more than we could ever have hoped for . ’
14 ‘ Well I thought we might give her a spin on Friday night , ’ Yanto answered with a grin .
15 ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial .
16 I 'm doing that talking to you look for Jim Bowen 's mobile phone number so I thought we 'd give him a ring that 'll surprise him wont it ?
17 ‘ He said , ‘ let's try my method , you 've had the SMG , now try going to the top person and everything will be OK , ’ ' says Ramesh K. ‘ After the amount of hassle we 'd had , we thought we 'd give it a go . ’
18 He thought it would give it a bit of glamour .
19 Thought it might give you an opening , ’ he said .
20 I explained about the shop ; I thought he might give me a loan to set up in business again … .
21 He says he thought he 'd give it a try , but he got stuck .
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