Example sentences of "thought i would [vb infin] see " in BNC.

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1 AS A LEAD-UP to the World Cup , I thought I would check to see who can rightly claim to be called favourites for the tournament .
2 Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see .
3 I was startled for a moment , as one does not have ex-Prime Ministers calling on one every day , but this was very like S.B. , who began , ‘ You will never come to see me , so I thought I would come to see you . ’
4 I thought I 'd like to see how I looked teaching rather than how I thought I looked .
5 I never thought I 'd live to see the day when a detective inspector would look like this . ’
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