Example sentences of "thought they [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought they would make that . |
| 2 | Pissing crap Sportsnight did nt have England highlights , so you thought they would give some coverage to the other ‘ UK ’ sides … nah . |
| 3 | But Elizabeth thought they would console each other , and ended with their marriage . |
| 4 | They thought they could do this first third this year , during the summer , over the summer months , if there was general agreement for the scheme . |
| 5 | finally got to Monica and we thought that was enough , so we just wrote Monica , we thought they 'd accept that and they did n't . |
| 6 | It was I who decided to remove our troops from the Gulf , because I thought they 'd become more of an irritant than a stabilising factor . |
| 7 | Hunt , an honourable man , said he thought they should race another day . |