Example sentences of "[subord] i thought that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at the time and saw that it was a new world record , so I thought that I , too , must have run fast . |
| 2 | I did choose it in my first book , The Selfish Gene , so I thought that here I would fly a kite for a somewhat less-fashionable theory ( although it recently has started gaining ground ) , which seems to me to have at least a sporting chance of being right . |
| 3 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before I expressed an opinion . |
| 4 | If I thought that I might be able to count on your friendship , despite all that 's happened , then … |
| 5 | In fact , I would not be able to conduct sessions of regression therapy — whether present- or past-life — if I thought that my patient was going to go through agonies while it was going on . |
| 6 | One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men . |
| 7 | Well if I thought that there were areas of non-ferrous well … |
| 8 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before expressing an opinion . |
| 9 | I 'd be a complete idiot if I thought that I could go through life and not bounce into the occasional person who did n't have my welfare at heart , and I 'm no idiot . |
| 10 | ‘ Even if I thought that you were mistaken . ’ |
| 11 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 12 | Cos I thought that he had the wrong number ! |
| 13 | ‘ I was shocked when Bristol City released me because I thought that I was doing well , ’ said Vernon , who has now scored four times in three games for Bath but has not yet started a game . |
| 14 | Then I hugged her again and pushed her through the door because I thought that if it lasted any longer I would cry . |
| 15 | I was afraid when I first went because I thought that people who go to prison , they 're bad . |
| 16 | Somehow I was relieved that a guard was with us because I thought that if there was an accident his friends might try to get him — and maybe us — out . |
| 17 | I failed to declare Dr Neil Caldwell 's motoring convictions because I thought that they were ‘ fixed penalty ’ offences . |
| 18 | This was because I thought that the universe had to return to a smooth and ordered state when it became small again . |
| 19 | Oh this is disappointing because I thought that with G P who 'll knows what he requires and what his patients require was going to have erm a pretty er erm |
| 20 | Well because I thought that the hits were coming to an end and I did n't want to become an all-round entertainer , I was n't suited to it , I w I did n't have any feeling for all-round entertaining . |
| 21 | Bullinger stayed with me , and asked me quietly whether I thought that there was any hope for her … |
| 22 | The Prime Minister also asked whether I thought that Ministers brought matters unnecessarily to the Cabinet . |
| 23 | That 's why I kept putting it off to go to the doctor to get help 'cos I thought that , with me having kids , he would automatically ring the social services and tell them . |
| 24 | I was on the point of surrendering when I thought that it would be more dangerous to resume the subject on another occasion ; I also did n't trust my nerve . |
| 25 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 26 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |
| 27 | I was challenged about that — I do not know why , as I thought that the position was clear . |
| 28 | Alternatively , is the right hon. Gentleman implying — as I thought that he was in some of his remarks — that legal aid would be generally available to those appearing before adjudicators or tribunals , and that they could secure representation from any part of the legal profession ? |
| 29 | Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles . |
| 30 | A tragedy in a way , for I thought that Allan Wells had been a great athlete . |