Example sentences of "and [pers pn] thought [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faith Hillman and I thought we would enjoy this unique opportunity to fly over twenty countries , retracing the ‘ Empire Air Route ’ flown by mail carriers sixty years ago . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 3 | So the net effect of your suggested criterion is to get us rather further from a decision than even the chairman and I thought we might be at ten o'clock this morning . |
| 4 | And I thought we might look at a few of them . |
| 5 | He went anyway and I thought we might as well |
| 6 | ‘ My colleague and I thought we could stop patients ’ psychotic tendencies by removing the parts of the brain responsible for triggering violence . |
| 7 | It was a great team effort , and I thought we could have scored another two or three . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The only reason I ever played Les Pauls was because Keith was playing a Strat and I thought we should have a different look , but from about 1985 on I 've played Strats . |
| 9 | We never fought when we were engaged , and I thought we 'd just get married and have our own little home , I thought the bills would get paid and we 'd be closer than we were before . |
| 10 | ‘ Fiona and I thought we 'd try something like that , one time we were in Oban , for some do . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Catherine and I thought we 'd just walk to the Lintons ’ house . |
| 12 | ‘ The team had put on a marvellous display out in Georgia and I thought we 'd get a few more than 6,000 . |
| 13 | well er , and I thought we 'd probably stop at er on the way in , if we wanted to , to go and get any basic provisions at the , the big |
| 14 | Er well I left the stuffing cos I , I did n't think I 'd left it in long enough , I put it in a bit late and I thought we 'd leave the stuffing . |
| 15 | They , they left here erm about half past eight , twenty to nine and they got to about half way they had n't been gone twenty minutes and I thought , oh she 's left her photographs , she had to get four passport photographs and she 'd left them here and I thought we 'd send them , send them to her and she did n't like them you see , but she 'd have them . |
| 16 | I 've just got the buttons to put on and I did n't have any wool and I thought what shall I start knitting , jumpers and things for school cos she starts the middle school in September |
| 17 | I mean you look at , see I I 've had , I felt like when I was coughing at work I felt like sitting there and I thought I ca n't believe this . |
| 18 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 19 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |
| 20 | They asked me to come along and I thought I would because I thought children might respond more to me because they recognise me from television . |
| 21 | And I thought I dare n't let on cos it 's you know |
| 22 | it 's terrible that , and I thought I 'll be looking forward , this is the last one you see , this is my youngest . |
| 23 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 24 | She was walking her dog past the house just now and I thought I might bring her in . |
| 25 | Me own stuff was all ragged and I thought I might as well nick something decent , it 'elps a girl , knowing she 's dressed decent . ’ |
| 26 | Well , time was travelling anyway , and I thought I might as well be moving on . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've lost my lighter and I thought I might have left it in the car the other day . |
| 28 | But I 've got one in the do-it-yourself shop here you see , and I thought I might as well put one in Val 's two shops . |
| 29 | Cos I saw erm a photo when I was eighteen and I it was sort of short in the neck over my ears short in there and then sort of fuller there and then just a bit of you know a light fringe not a heavy fringe and I thought I might have it like that so |
| 30 | er thing , and I thought I might as well use a frying a pan ! |