Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have turned it down without asking except I thought you might be interested — ah — because … ’ he shrugged , unable to find a tactful way of saying that this was the best offer she would get all year . |
| 2 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 3 | Its just that I thought you would n't come here any more … not after last night . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 5 | And you look so topping in that dress that I thought you might be a sport . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that I thought you should n't be able to turn people out of places they 've lived in for years , it does n't make sense . |
| 8 | And I just liked reading it so much that I thought you 'd like to read it too . |
| 9 | Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’ |
| 10 | Her comments alongside her weekly measuring sessions said so much that I felt you would enjoy reading them too : |
| 11 | That I felt you should know your position if just such an event as this occurred ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're smaller than I thought you 'd be , ’ Berger told him . |
| 13 | They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 16 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I checked with Betty this morning as to whether you 'd be in and she said you were making one of your special cakes , so I guessed you would ask the girls up to tea . |
| 18 | ‘ I did ask to sit next to you , ’ Erica remarked , as if reading my thoughts as I sat down , ‘ once I knew you 'd be here . ’ |
| 19 | And I looked at her and I thought you ca n't say that ! |
| 20 | so I thought you 'll probably give him a bottle when you got here anyway , so I was going to give him one , it all depends when he got up and I thought you 'll probably give him one so I did n't |
| 21 | ‘ Captain Montgomery has been reporting the state of progress and I thought you might like to hear it . |
| 22 | No , I I agree with that but I wondered if you had stopped because you introduced the topic and then when when this involuntary and unexpected answer came up you sat down and I thought you might have pursued your original questions . |
| 23 | ‘ Because she still sounded mad at me , and I thought you might try to dissuade me . |
| 24 | And I thought you might want to go some time anyway er , not on a Sunday . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw your light was on and I thought you ought to know . |
| 26 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 27 | He stopped again and , taking her firmly now by the arm , pulled her into a shop doorway and , looking into her eyes , he said , ‘ If it was n't for leaving you I 'd be glad to go , and … and I thought you 'd be proud of me going . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ And I thought you 'd come to see me . ’ |
| 29 | You have criticised those for looking after , Councillor Clark , I did n't talk when you were talking , and I thought you 'd want to listen to what I 'm saying , because er , I think you could learn a lot . |
| 30 | I had to promise them a press conference , and I thought you 'd rather do it now , old son . |