Example sentences of "[conj] i thought my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 2 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 3 | When I reached home , my wife made me promise never to go to sea again , and I thought my adventures had come to an end . |
| 4 | Last time I half dug it up myself and I thought my back was going to go . |
| 5 | She came from New York State , too — her husband was an executive in an automobile works there — and I thought my troubles were over . ’ |
| 6 | and I thought my sister did . |
| 7 | a pair of black feet the other and I thought my God , ! |
| 8 | And I thought my God you know we 've got him really on this far |
| 9 | Still , if I thought my difficulties were bad enough , some have had it worse than me . |
| 10 | " So I was , sir , but I thought my bride had better see something of what 's goin' on in town before I take her back and bury her on the Moor . |
| 11 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 12 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 13 | For a while though , I had a psychological block to sailing in fresher winds because I thought my weight and strength was not up to it . |
| 14 | As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’ |
| 15 | The following day was the end of term and I shall never forget the shock when Miss Smith read the Class Examination results for I thought my name would never come . |