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 | ‘ I thought I would fucking die . ’ |
| 3 | For starters , I wanted you the way I never thought I would ever want anyone again . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | I never thought I would ever find a woman who could mean as much . |
| 6 | I thought I would never seen the next day . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I thought I would never catch him . |
| 9 | I thought I would never see her again . ’ |
| 10 | It 's funny , Lucy was n't exactly planned , I think I thought I would never get pregnant . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ I thought I would never live to see the day . ’ |
| 13 | Now I thought I would quite like |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | ‘ Thought I 'd just drop in , ’ he said . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | ‘ I thought I 'd just pop in . |
| 18 | ‘ I was passing and I thought I 'd just pop in and see how you were . ’ |
| 19 | I thought I 'd just close me eyes and put a cross . |
| 20 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , ‘ but I thought I 'd just say so in case you got the wrong idea . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I 'd just spend my days messing around with nothing to do , ’ says that 17-year-old . |
| 22 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 23 | " Excuse me , Mrs James , I 'm Gordon 's mother , I thought I 'd just look in , as I have n't had the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 24 | Gloria Estefan at the moment , so I thought I 'd just get him the got a couple of records LP 's or whatever you call them now . |
| 25 | yes , I thought I 'd just nip in , let you know I 'm still alive |
| 26 | " I hope you do n't mind me coming up — I thought I 'd just come and see how you were , and perhaps sit and chat with you for a while " |
| 27 | but I 'm not sure what colour to do yet , and I had a bit of spare , there 's a girl who I work with who 's pregnant , so I thought I 'd just knit what wool I got |
| 28 | Before we erm before I came out today I was actually talking to some of the staff at Pembroke College and mindful of coming on her I thought I 'd just ask them what they thought |
| 29 | I never thought I 'd even see the day we finished it . |
| 30 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |