Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [pron] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose I thought we ought to be able to help ourselves . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I thought we ought to be agreed , ’ Alexei said , and he smiled sourly . |
| 3 | I thought we should of nicked that lot ! |
| 4 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
| 5 | I thought they might of got on and done that |
| 6 | I thought she must at least be a little drunk , for it seemed an odd remark for even Lili to make to a stranger , but the stranger said , ‘ What can you mean , Lili ? ’ |
| 7 | I thought there used to be a set of traffic lights in the middle and it 's gone . |
| 8 | I thought it would of been C cos they 're yellow over there i n't they ? |
| 9 | Oh , cheap , oh I thought it would of been about fifty pounds |
| 10 | I thought it would of blown or lit . |
| 11 | I thought it might of been a women that was . |
| 12 | I thought it might of been Pat sort of at that time , but erm when I looked out I saw a man with a billboard thing |
| 13 | I thought you would of noticed |
| 14 | I thought you would of known that |
| 15 | That 's right , made a cup of coffee and that and then , he was , just came back and she said you have n't finished , he said yes , she said I did n't hear you knocking , oh no he said , well I built it all , you know , it 's all ready made and I built it ready for the bolts and , oh I thought you would of been knocking , I 've got some knocking here you know |
| 16 | But I thought you would of reminded me . |
| 17 | I I thought you might in fact but I mean when it was first taken we first looked at the tape , people in there were n't sure so Oh that 's good news oh that helps a lot because they 've tried The original Moneytalk was developed on VAX V M S |
| 18 | It was I thought you 'd of been in town all morning , no . |
| 19 | I thought you 'd of heard something by now . |
| 20 | I thought you 'd at least ask the reasons … it would have been a chance to admit where things went wrong . |
| 21 | keep it okay for you in fact that 's who I 'd thought you 'd gone to , I thought you had called in at their house like cos must of seen his , I thought you must of seen his run out his car at |
| 22 | I was actually flashed at er in the library and what I thought of I would of done was completely different to what I actually did , erm , I thought I would of been quite calm about it , but in fact I ran out the library and I ran straight back to my flat erm , I was at that point I think about twenty one |
| 23 | I told her I was scared to go home but I thought I ought to , and of course she said , ‘ You 'd be best to come here , then , and when you feel like it , we can phone your parents and tell them whatever you want them to know . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I ought to . |
| 25 | Sometimes then I was a bit embarrassed by it , because I thought I ought to be a little more revolutionary , but I 've always completely loathed violence and bloodshed and every time I dived into Marxism all I could think of was Lenin shooting the anarchists . |
| 26 | It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to . |
| 27 | I thought I 'd at least get some sympathy from you , ’ Laura moaned , suddenly feeling that the whole world was against her . |
| 28 | I thought I used to I used to say to her sometimes I 'll have to go off story . |
| 29 | I thought he were gon na forget that , I thought I should of got up and told everybody at the front |
| 30 | I saw a trailer of it when I came , I thought he must of come |