Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | but for the tree I thought well I 'm gon na make some I 'm gon na make six , like the colouring we did erm the erm wa black , red and white |
| 2 | I always voted for the person I thought less crooked because I did n't , and do n't think , there is much difference between the parties . |
| 3 | Then I had some for the car I thought , go and have a look at Tracy . |
| 4 | pilot for the series I thought it was gon na stop |
| 5 | And , as the rain got worse during the rounds I thought someone was going to have to go off and build an ark . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd won after the Kevin I thought , I thought I 'd won after the third round so I ate them . |
| 7 | After a while I thought I would help them along with some cellulite massage cream . |
| 8 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 9 | After a while I thought , ‘ Hold on a minute , this is n't right . |
| 10 | After a while I thought I 'd go into the orchard and practise some chip shots so I went to get my nine iron . |
| 11 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 12 | At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter . |
| 13 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
| 14 | I 'll tell you some of the titles I thought of calling it . |
| 15 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 16 | At the top of the stairs I thought I was going to be sick and returned stiffly to the bathroom . |
| 17 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 18 | With the enthusiasm of a boy I thought I had stumbled across one of the great masterpieces of English writing . |
| 19 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 20 | lovely , it was a bit of an anticlimax I thought . |
| 21 | ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten . |
| 22 | For a second I thought Marie was with me , but it was only a dream . |
| 23 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 24 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 25 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 26 | For a second I thought : I 'm dead . |
| 27 | For a minute I thought my luck had changed and something good had happened , like Malpass had had a heart attack and I had a corpse in the back . |
| 28 | So for a change I thought someone should write in for the fans . |
| 29 | I crossed the road and walked casually along a few streets , and for a while I thought he 'd probably be following at a distance . |
| 30 | ‘ For a while I thought we 'd go down because of it . |