Example sentences of "i think they [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason I joined was I thought they were going to get more money for me , not take it away . ’ |
| 2 | I thought they were pretending to be offended — but people were honestly upset by it and I was flabbergasted . ’ |
| 3 | I thought they were skiing one 's at first , and then I . |
| 4 | I thought they were helping you to do that . |
| 5 | I thought they were getting on fine . ’ |
| 6 | I thought they were staying the night . |
| 7 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 8 | And he goes I thought they were taking the micky out of me . |
| 9 | I thought they were joking . ’ |
| 10 | Father-of-two Steve said : ‘ I thought they were joking when they said I was not sufficiently disabled . ’ |
| 11 | I thought they were joking with me at first . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I 'd just made quite a good speech but I thought they were joking , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I thought they were polling stations . |
| 14 | and they were like standing there , I thought they were looking , I shined the torch on them and they , still was there |
| 15 | ‘ I thought they were moving away from communism , ’ Bill says . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought they were expecting me in , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Oh I thought they were closed on a Monday . |
| 18 | I thought they were planning to er make term time only . |
| 19 | It was a pity Wallace got injured when he did as I thought they were begining to hit it off together . |
| 20 | I thought they were working on train ? |
| 21 | If I thought they were doing anything wrong to Lesley I could n't say anything because she 'd get it , I would n't get it . |
| 22 | Cos I thought they were doing some . |
| 23 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 24 | I thought they were chuffing hard up ? |
| 25 | ‘ I thought they were having a council of war this afternoon , ’ said Amiss . |
| 26 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 27 | I thought they were gon na play some music and let them dance ! |
| 28 | and I thought they were gon na say beam them up Scottie . |
| 29 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 30 | I thought they were gon na ring you |