Example sentences of "you thought [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pissing crap Sportsnight did nt have England highlights , so you thought they would give some coverage to the other ‘ UK ’ sides … nah . |
| 2 | You thought they 'd ask Vecchi over for a tea party . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Did you tell her something you thought she could use against Riddle ? ’ |
| 4 | Was it a game today that went how you thought it might do ? |
| 5 | That 's not bad at all cos you thought it might 've been about nine hundred with them other two did n't you ? |
| 6 | You thought it would stop us as good as they did . |
| 7 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 8 | and you thought you would carry on being good at it at A level . |
| 9 | ‘ Let's talk about drugs and why you thought you might find some here . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think you 'd lie to St Peter , ’ she retorted evenly , ‘ if you thought you might get something out of it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And if you thought you could pin it on me , you 'd have had me cautioned and the bracelets on by now , ’ I said bravely . |
| 12 | However many you thought you could manage , it might just be the two |
| 13 | ‘ It means , ’ she said coldly , ‘ that you asked me to stay with Anna because you thought you could seduce me . ’ |
| 14 | You admit you hate me , yet it did n't stop you from practically raping me when you thought you could get away with it . |
| 15 | With a big orchestra after a certain time , if they are used to you and really play as they can , they will sometimes give you something more beautiful than you thought you could hear . |
| 16 | But Peter said to him , may your silver perish with you because you thought you could obtain the gift of God without mo , with money ! |
| 17 | ‘ And you thought you could supply that want ? ’ |
| 18 | As you thought you should have |
| 19 | I have , I 'd get you a pair if you thought you 'd wear them . |
| 20 | I suppose you thought you 'd paint Paula in a bad light and make it seem as though she could n't be bothered to go . |
| 21 | ‘ Gah ! ’ said the filthy creature worming along her bones and veins , ‘ you thought you 'd chat up that woman , did n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You mean you thought you 'd like to drive around in your car all afternoon just in case there 's anyone in the entire state who has n't drooled all over it yet — that 's O K , Ryan , that 's cool , I can handle that , I 'm sure you and your Porsche will be very happy and I would n't dream of fucking up your beautiful relationship . ’ |
| 23 | You thought you 'd play — for higher stakes than those he was offering . |
| 24 | When I gatecrashed your life I suppose you thought I might come in useful as some kind of antidote — but it did n't work . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Until Sir Thomas died and you thought I might have a motive for murder ? ’ she finished sweetly . |
| 26 | ‘ So you thought I would sell to another vet and that might make things worse for you on the principle that the devil you know is better than the devil you do n't know . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And you thought I would enjoy the journey . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You thought I would have had an abortion ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ As much as you thought I could cope with . |
| 30 | ‘ You thought I should write — after what you said ! ’ she exclaimed , while her heartbeats dully settled , for clearly he was more concerned with where the devil she had got to than with her in particular . |