Example sentences of "i never thought [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never thought we would get anything like that sum , but the nature of the charity obviously struck home . |
| 2 | I never thought we 'd see this day . |
| 3 | ‘ I never thought we 'd be able to keep her . |
| 4 | As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation . |
| 5 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 6 | I never thought they 'd flower . |
| 7 | I never thought she would ! |
| 8 | I should n't have put it so strongly , but I never thought she 'd actually go … |
| 9 | ‘ I never thought she 'd go this far . |
| 10 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 11 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 12 | I never thought she 'd settle down in school like she did , did you ? |
| 13 | I never thought there would be a problem and I was right . |
| 14 | Over the past year just about every interview I have done has included a question about the galleries but I never thought there would be a problem . |
| 15 | He said later : ‘ I never thought it would go in . ’ |
| 16 | It was one of the best days of my life : I never thought it would come to that . |
| 17 | ‘ I never thought it would be me , ’ he says . |
| 18 | I never thought it would work like this : having been a small child in the 50s when women dressed more or less identically and according to their age and class ( gymslip , good suit , housecoat , then cardigan and pinny ) , I used to think that it was beautifully liberating in the 60s and 70s when convention began to permit a woman of any age to dress in virtually any style , from hooker to schoolmarm . |
| 19 | I never thought it would be this hard . |
| 20 | ‘ I never thought it would work … . ’ |
| 21 | I never thought it would work , but I felt we ought to give it a try . ’ |
| 22 | I never thought it would 'appen to one of me own children , the youngest too , what I was always most fond of . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You always read about others getting these awards , but I never thought it would happen to me . ’ |
| 24 | I never thought it would happen to me ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I never thought it would happen to me , but I have been left quite a large sum in a will . |
| 26 | ‘ I never thought it would be so , but I miss her like the devil ! ’ |
| 27 | Everyone they knew was so amazed — ‘ I never thought it would happen to you ! ’ |
| 28 | I never thought it would happen . ’ |
| 29 | I never thought it would happen . |
| 30 | I never thought it would be me . ’ |