Example sentences of "[conj] i thought then " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I was five months in Brazil and I thought then , if I want to get further into South America I need Spanish . |
| 2 | And I thought then that maybe I should ask him how he was . |
| 3 | " I saw him just before nine and I thought then that he 'd been dead about twelve hours , perhaps a little longer . |
| 4 | ‘ I watched them fishing him out yesterday afternoon and I thought then , ‘ If that 's where you 've ended up , my friend , I can make a good guess as to where you went in . ’ ’ |
| 5 | Erm , and feeling there was it must of been he said today I 've cooked Sunday lunch and erm , she ate half of it and I thought then she finished it . |
| 6 | Lady I got her from she 's just getting the webs in between her feet and I thought then |
| 7 | Sometimes , when we got back rather later than usual , my father was already preparing to send out a search party in — as I thought then , not knowing about Grandma 's lapses — his usual agitated way . |
| 8 | But as I thought then and it has proved since , it made a good story — The pump and towing car did not fare so lightly ; they caught the blast , we missed it . |
| 9 | I know the spells laid on you at your birth , for I heard her sing them — and I smiled , may I be forgiven , for I thought then I 'd have the strength to break them ! |