Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i thought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say that I thought we had already been through all this . |
| 2 | It takes me places that I thought I 'd never see |
| 3 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 4 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 5 | I says no she says have you got one I says no but I was gon na say Ange has cos I thought she wanted to defrost something . |
| 6 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 7 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 8 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 9 | The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot . ’ |
| 10 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 11 | ‘ I was passing and I thought I 'd just pop in and see how you were . ’ |
| 12 | yeah , well I was there the other day and erm the bell went and nobody sort of moved and I thought I think , I know , you know , so I got up and I washed me cup of tea like , you know , they looked at me as if you know oh there 's a keen , but I mean I do think it 's important to do that , because not only that it 's not fair for the |
| 13 | I 've always I 've always felt If I thought it was necessary then that 's the end of it er as far as I know . |
| 14 | How do those issues get decided and I thought there 's no sensible answer . |
| 15 | Well you should 've done cos I thought you were going to cos I thought yeah we 've got , have n't got anything to do this afternoon |
| 16 | Not at the time no it did n't it bothered me when it was done because I thought you 've probably done something and the outcome would be that so at the time it did n't bother me because I was n't interested in the situation |
| 17 | Erm so I think it was probably quite well attended though there were a vast number of these green files left at the end so may be it was n't as well attended as I thought it had been . |
| 18 | Well , the thing I mainly notice when last week when Paul was home , not last week , the week before last I had Paul solidly at home , he moved himself entirely in lock , stock and barrel at the weekend , he was then with me waiting for his job and he went out every day and did little bit 's of shopping for me , got him from under my feet , saved me money , cos I was only buying what I absolutely needed , and the amount of time that I had , I mean I was able to go out for the whole day with Peggy on Wednesday , I was able to get food prepared and , admittedly I did n't manage to get as much done as I thought I was going to do , but then I think that 's with most people in life , |
| 19 | I 'd send every letter I 've written you since we last met if I thought you would n't do it to me again , humiliate me again . |
| 20 | He was getting ready to retire and I thought I 'd have lots of time with him . ’ |
| 21 | The initial interview with an MD seven years my junior was largely comfortable and amicable apart from the minor irritant when he asked if I thought I could relate to young people in the office . |
| 22 | Somehow we managed , and the director asked if I thought there was any chance of the weather worsening so that the boat would heel a little more . |
| 23 | Credit to them , they came back , got a great goal , Les Phillips had a great game , made the first one I think , no the second one he made did n't he ? erm But he played tremendous , Les ; he got the passing going and I thought they did very well as a team , we kept our composure . |
| 24 | But they look like I thought we 'd have a look through those , they look good ! |
| 25 | She said to her in the week when she rung she wo n't ring until I thought it was like midnight last night she was getting in and she was n't gon na ring till today but it 'll be tomorrow she 'll ring her . |
| 26 | I did n't want to go but I thought she deserved a better life than I could offer . |
| 27 | He told me he applied but I thought he told me he 'd been turned down . |
| 28 | ‘ I confess that I thought you 'd taken the boat . |
| 29 | But they were , they kept on looking at me to see if I was gon na move and I thought I 'm not gon na move till you move . |
| 30 | No I know but I thought they 'd , you know ? |