Example sentences of "i think i [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 2 | I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ? |
| 3 | I thought I was managing to hide it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I wondered this afternoon if something was wrong , then when she belittled her headache I thought I was over-reacting . ’ |
| 5 | I thought I was meeting a man . |
| 6 | I thought I was helping , but I just want to throw the coffee out of the window . |
| 7 | Well , I called in there today for cigars and I saw this young woman ; and you remember the one that was in the sweet shop , she was so nice and obliging ; well I thought I was looking at her twin . |
| 8 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 9 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 10 | I thought I was tricked ! |
| 11 | And I thought I was enjoying it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 13 | So every time I thought I was dropping off they 'd start . |
| 14 | Those G Ps told me , I thought I was listening to my own speeches to be honest , from about a year or two ago . |
| 15 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 16 | I thought I was seeing a ghost . |
| 17 | ‘ Good God in heaven , I thought I was seeing ghosts ! ’ |
| 18 | After landing on Kiwi soil , the Kerryman smiled : ‘ I thought I was seeing double the airport we touched down at was called Kerikeri ! ’ |
| 19 | I told them I thought I was hooked . |
| 20 | I thought I was getting David and maybe a few personal possessions , but when he actually turned up , he was with a friend in a very large van , and this rather ethereal , thin , slightly spotty figure that was David in those days , dressed in extremely scruffy clothes , emerged from this van carrying a twelve string guitar , which it transpired was a present from Pete Townshend . |
| 21 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I was getting you to . ’ |
| 23 | Then a reaction set in , I thought I was getting a silly schoolgirl hero-pash on him , and the other thing began to happen . |
| 24 | I thought I was getting to him . |
| 25 | Take one of those , I 've taken one , take loads of copies Three procedures coming out I thought I was getting it already anyway laughing scattering the whole process . |
| 26 | I thought I was getting the hang of it quite well ! ’ |
| 27 | As there were a number of Wall 's stickers on the van , I thought I was getting ices of their make . |
| 28 | I thought I was getting Steven . |
| 29 | it was only ten to eight and I got up because I thought I was getting late for work and I 'd better get moving . |
| 30 | I thought I was taking a heart attack , but er Doctor gave me a rub of that Di Difa Dif |