Example sentences of "[coord] i think [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
2 | But he recovered after about five weeks , and I thought all was well again . |
3 | ‘ And I thought all would be well , if only I was to leave you both to yourselves ! ’ uttered Taggy crossly . |
4 | And I thought all the kids that has passed through him |
5 | The midwife said to me , ‘ This child has been on this earth before ’ and I thought that was rather an odd thing to say , but the midwife seemed quite adamant . |
6 | Then the show ended and we had to return to America and I thought that was that — good friends , really talented , I 'd grown to really like David 's music . |
7 | Sid Field asked whether dead ones were accepted and John Stanley sent in a Bob Dylan song , saying he was the only ‘ modern whose lyrics I coul get my hands on without going back to the Bard , and I thought that was n't what you wanted ’ . |
8 | I came here to record a couple of shows for Britain — and I thought that would be it . |
9 | A lot of people compared Sam and Andrew Dice Clay and I thought that was completely untrue . |
10 | precede it and I thought that was a significant step forward . |
11 | He disappeared into the ship , and I thought that was the last I had seen of him . |
12 | They spoke of him as ‘ Syl 's father ’ and I thought that death , like marriage , depersonalised people . |
13 | you know and the precis you know and I thought that was interesting that they did that , because it 's not something we 'd thought of really doing , ever |
14 | Thumbed through some papers that they have got , in front of the shop , and found one set of erm , papers from nineteen thirty-six concerned the French National Anthem , and I thought that was a second amazing coincidence , er , and so I had to buy myself that that set of papers for about a pound . |
15 | Chairman in your haste to get your own way for once , I mean , I had my hand up for about ten minutes and I thought that er , er our friend on your right had appraised you of that , because I think that you gave just as much a distorted view of what the real problem is , as perhaps Mr did , and I think that the way you railroaded that one through does you no credit at all . |
16 | ‘ They asked me to consider standing myself , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm 67 and I thought that was too old . ’ |
17 | And I thought that was that was one of the best , simple erm ways of actually describing what a pension |
18 | And I thought that sewing machine is really going to get out to work . |
19 | he seemed like , he , he , I looked at him , right , and I looked at everything about him and I thought that is the kind of guy I want , which is true , but it was n't the guy . |
20 | and he ends up with Creme Eggs and then proper eggs and that and I thought that 's just a waste of money at his age cos when Easter comes up , four weeks after he 's seventeen . |
21 | So she said that big girl ! oh I think I 'm getting it so I said , but I know you used to talk about it , and I said here we go ! and her I did n't know the others , but Tom said one of the other things is a it 's this girl , but I said no she 's got a and then she said and I , and I thought that 's a big , I did n't know ! |
22 | said to me about Pauline 's kids her three lads , not the baby like the two lads she said , oh she said er they came to play one night , or they came for tea or something and she goes to work at night you know , she said Paul was looking after them and she said , he said you could hear all this banging up and down the stairs , he said , bloody hell he said they were going mad , and I thought that 's what Tom and Hannah do when they come here , I said your two bang up and down like bloody anything I said that 's normal , you know for kids . |
23 | Er , I did at the last council urge that we actually needed to break the deadlock my er a and I thought that was very important . |
24 | Well maybe ages ago , but like you know when David told me to fuck off and die really seriously and I thought that 's nice . |
25 | And it swallowed up my four whole units , because I even got to say what the answer was and I thought that was forty P , and I thought , I 'm never ever going to phone into one of those things again . |
26 | For many years I was a governor of Port Slade School and Comprehensive College and I thought that was a very impressive school , as I am sure you would agree . |
27 | producer Mike Vernon , Gus Dudgeon , blah , blah , and this weird list of instruments like bass flute , contra bassoon , bass drum , etc and I thought this was very peculiar , but it was the early days of the Deram label and we used to do some pretty odd sessions . |
28 | I was then , cos like I done his jaw in , I done his nose in and I thought this is it . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |