Example sentences of "thought i would [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I would just get in and catch the end but it was over in minutes . |
| 2 | He says ; I thought I would not make the mistake with strangers but I never acyually thought when it happened it would be so convincing . |
| 3 | I suppose in some ways they thought I would not buckle , so they put even heavier pressure on some of the new MPs . |
| 4 | When my master noticed this , he thought I would not live much longer . |
| 5 | ‘ I never , ever thought I would not play again . |
| 6 | well , er Eadie was resting but er , it 's good , I thought I would n't want to see it again , but I 'd forgotten it |
| 7 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I would n't mention that until we 'd left the pea-green incorruptible behind . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I would n't wake him . ’ |
| 10 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 11 | Quite a few turned up with us , I thought , I mean I thought I would n't know anything , but no one else had read the book . |
| 12 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |
| 13 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 14 | The garden gradually got all tangled and interesting and took a little longer to patrol since the other cats took advantage and tried to be clever , creeping in when they thought I would n't notice . |
| 15 | Yeah , thought I would n't notice ! |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I would fucking die . ’ |
| 17 | For starters , I wanted you the way I never thought I would ever want anyone again . ’ |
| 18 | While she was absorbing that little gem , ‘ I never thought I would ever accept a working wife , but , ’ he paused and gave her a private smile , ‘ if that 's what my darling wants , I just ca n't stand in the way of her choice to continue working . ’ |
| 19 | I never thought I would ever find a woman who could mean as much . |
| 20 | I thought I would never seen the next day . |
| 21 | After my stay at Wuthering Heights , I thought I would never want to speak to any human being again , but by the end of the next day I was beginning to feel lonely . |
| 22 | I thought I would never catch him . |
| 23 | I thought I would never see her again . ’ |
| 24 | It 's funny , Lucy was n't exactly planned , I think I thought I would never get pregnant . |
| 25 | I thought I would never believe it at one time , but I now accept , along with every other carp angler , that carp can differentiate — given time — between a bait that is no more than a tasty morsel of carbohydrate and one that consists mainly of ingredients with a high nutritive value |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I would never live to see the day . ’ |
| 27 | Now I thought I would quite like |
| 28 | Well I thought I 'd just do a freezer shop anyway — just the basics basically plus one or two Little Extras , just the odd thing Derek likes , just in case … |
| 29 | ‘ Thought I 'd just drop in , ’ he said . |
| 30 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |