Example sentences of "thought i would [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 But I used it as little as I could , though if the wind stayed in the south-west I thought I 'd probably have to use it for the later part of today 's outing .
32 And er , I thought I 'd probably have wall paper on that wall , you know , use , use the curtains just as plenty of fullness , but have them for keeping out the light or keeping in the heat ,
33 Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . .
34 And then I thought I 'd really put my foot in it and embarrassed both of us
35 It 's what I 've always promised myself and thought I 'd never manage . ’
36 ‘ Phew … not fair … thought I 'd never make it . ’
37 ‘ I thought I 'd never hear you say the words . ’
38 Unable to look into his eyes , she hung her head , whispering , ‘ I thought I 'd never see you again . ’
39 It takes me places that I thought I 'd never see
40 I thought I 'd never see you again . ’
41 ‘ I thought I 'd never get home . ’
42 I thought I 'd never get out .
43 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 .
44 ‘ I loved Tony and there was a time when I thought I 'd never get over him .
45 ‘ Eeh , I never thought I 'd ever have any clothes like this , ’ she said , stroking the material of the blue dress .
46 When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most .
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