Example sentences of "[pers pn] thought i would come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So I thought I would come round a little early , in case you needed advice . |
| 4 | ‘ You all look so attractive I thought I would come in and say hello . |
| 5 | With a feeling of having been unexpectedly let out of school , I drove over the hills on the road to Reading and coasted along the unfenced part of the Quillersedge Estate until I thought I 'd come more or less to where Gareth had dropped the paint : parked off the road there and searched more closely for the place on foot . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I 'd come along and lend a hand , ’ he smiled at Maggie . |
| 7 | I thought I 'd come and see you tomorrow , if that suits you . ’ |
| 8 | But I thought I 'd come round first , to help you open up and get things straight . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I 'd come and stay here for a bit . |
| 10 | Anyway , I thought I 'd come back and be with you for the evening in case you were lonely . ’ |
| 11 | I thought I 'd come and , you know , see you . |
| 12 | I was starving so I thought I 'd come down to the kitchen . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I 'd come round with you , Sir Bryan , ’ Richie said . |
| 14 | There was no sign of Cawthorne and I thought I 'd come too far . |
| 15 | ‘ No — it 's just Christmas — a family get-together , you know — it seems to take more out of me than it used to — so I thought I 'd come and have a quiet minute or two with you . |
| 16 | seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time . |
| 17 | Tried it all , so I thought I 'd come here |
| 18 | I thought I 'd come to terms with it , but that little lad yesterday … ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , he 's at the match so I thought I 'd come down and |
| 20 | So I thought I 'd come down and see you . |
| 21 | I thought I 'd come and see you President , congress Keith , London Region , seconding motion two seven eight . |
| 22 | Well , I daresay you thought I 'd come unstuck , when the new airport was n't built . |