Example sentences of "i thought i would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'm on a walking-tour with my cousin but she elected to do the art galleries in Penzance this morning , so I thought I would try to look up my old friend . ’ |
| 32 | Now in 1992 I thought I would try again ( how daft can one be ? ) . |
| 33 | We put on a few and I knew I was finishing , so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room . |
| 34 | Then I thought I would try writing a thirty-minute comedy play , which I sent to ITV and asked for their comments . |
| 35 | I thought I would see what changes , if any , had been made to the career structure of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association ( GDBA ) — a career which I reluctantly gave up to become a full-time behaviour counsellor . |
| 36 | ‘ I thought I would use a grenade ’ , said Vu Van Hau , a 22-year-old Vietnamese soldier who served for three years in Kompong Cham and Kompong Thom provinces , before returning to his native Ho Chi Minh City as part of the September withdrawal . |
| 37 | Well I thought I would use it as a raffle prize at school or something . |
| 38 | I thought I would shoot 80 or 81 . ’ |
| 39 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |
| 40 | To shake off my depression I thought I would get myself something light to read on the train . |
| 41 | Nothing very much has happened so far , but I thought I would take the opportunity to write a longish letter , knowing that I would be busy later on . |
| 42 | My son was so feeble that I thought I would lose him at birth . |
| 43 | After a thrilling final-set victory , the 43-year-old architect said : ‘ I had a bit of luck to win the third set and after Ian took the fourth I thought I would lose . ’ |
| 44 | I will probably have spoken to you on the ‘ phone before you get this note , but just in case not I thought I would let you know how things are going . |
| 45 | ‘ So , ’ said the Prince , ‘ I thought I would let it all blow over . ’ |
| 46 | So , I thought I would let you know , I did n't tell Chris this |
| 47 | Then I tried it on the pasture , but that was a bit rough , so I thought I would ride it down the new road through the iron gate leading out of my land . |
| 48 | Also , I felt I 'd dealt with the first layer and although I was well aware that there were subsequent layers , I thought I would deal with them at some later date . |
| 49 | But I thought I would wait until I heard you arrive , and then I knew I should be all right . ’ |
| 50 | Having paid 38p per share , I thought I would wait ! " |
| 51 | I thought I would look at your file , to see if I could pick up any hints from how you had dealt with it . ’ |
| 52 | I thought I would look up and see King Tut staring down with a hacksaw blade in his hand . ’ |
| 53 | A slightly cumbersome but straightforward method is to begin , ‘ When I knew I was going to have to mention sailing , because that is Peter 's great interest , I thought I would look up what great writers and poets of the past have said about sailing . |
| 54 | After a while I thought I would help them along with some cellulite massage cream . |
| 55 | I thought I would like to write about north and south , rich and poor , working-class and middle-class , so I had the idea of a working-class character , not from the south-east , who goes into different backgrounds . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ 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 . |
| 57 | ‘ I thought I would bake some scones . ’ |
| 58 | I thought I would discuss it with you first . ’ |
| 59 | I was going to put the thing in there , but I thought I would ask first before you know . |
| 60 | Very very well done I think it all Erm there was one other thing I thought I would ask . |