Example sentences of "and i think [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hosts have taken me around , and I thought that we would have lunch in the Television Tower — in fact I have reserved a table . |
| 2 | Being quite intuitive , I did notice there was a funny tension between Ken Pitt and David and I thought that probably what had happened was that David had not been satisfied performing ‘ When I Live My Dream ’ with the old backing tracks , as he had been working with Tony Visconti and had all these new tunes and productions and ways of doing things in his head . |
| 3 | ‘ In my other capacity as head of Merill Lynch , I opened an office in Tehran … during the 70s … and I thought that that country had quite a future . ’ |
| 4 | Sam looked out over the flooding river and breathed in the damp smell of the morning as if testing wine for bouquet , and I thought that he lived through his senses to a much greater degree than I did and was intensely alive in his direct approach to sex and his disregard of danger . |
| 5 | The Backs enchanted me , and I thought that there could surely be no lovelier ecclesiastical building in the country , and perhaps all Europe , than King 's Chapel , with its perfect fan-vaulting and its jewelled windows staining with glorious blue the white-gold stone . |
| 6 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
| 7 | For about half a minute he did not reply and I thought that he either did not understand English or was trying to humiliate me . |
| 8 | I started a stage snore and I thought that together we must drown any other noise he could make , but when he began to use his saw it seemed to be the only noise in the carriage . |
| 9 | It was my first taste of a major Grand Prix meeting and I thought that it was brilliant , colourful and exciting . |
| 10 | Allan had Margot , his coach , in the village , and I thought that medal hopes should all have had their coaches with them . |
| 11 | If the wolf were sick , mother , and I thought that you could . ’ |
| 12 | On each trip I overheard snatches of the bar-room conversations and could hear the louder buzz of continuing upheaval along in the lounge , and I thought that after I 'd satisfied everyone in the dining room I might drift along to the far end with my disarming little tray . |
| 13 | And then I was thirty , and I thought that I would have to start specialising or it would be too late … ’ . |
| 14 | The reductionist approach was not providing results in cancer research and I thought that something other than the presently known properties of carcinogens had to be involved as a activator . ’ |
| 15 | Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme . |
| 16 | He is a retired reverend , and I thought that , as he had made the effort , it might be nice to ask him to say a prayer to round off the proceedings . |
| 17 | There were gulls flying and calling , but I had not disturbed the main colony , and I thought that I would have heard if he had been working below the cliffs at the north-west point . |
| 18 | He turned away and I thought that I was clear . |
| 19 | Indeed the covenant is important but it is Christ who holds the key to the understanding of baptism and I thought that you would like to hear how your work has helped us to see our way in this respect . |
| 20 | I enjoyed your play , and I thought that Sir John Falstaff was very funny . |
| 21 | " And I thought that maybe a few bruises under the seat of your pants might make sure you remember something else that 's important . |
| 22 | Now I knew myself to be bad in a bad world , a vessel of poison afloat in a sea of poison , and I thought that this was all there was to know . |
| 23 | Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed . |
| 24 | ‘ It would be foolish to sell now , ’ said Syl judiciously , and I thought that apart from wanting young girls he wanted to inherit another big house , and I wondered how on earth I could be going to marry someone whom I detested so much . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't like the academia of being the physician and I thought that I was far too clumsy to be a surgeon , ’ he says . |
| 26 | But we started to chat and I thought that , in spite of the rotten conditions , there might be some fun in it after all . |
| 27 | I knew nothing but shadows , and I thought that they were real . |
| 28 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
| 29 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |
| 30 | He is a natural actor and I thought that he might have a part in the play . |