Example sentences of "i thought [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I thought we ought to be able to help ourselves . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I thought we ought to be agreed , ’ Alexei said , and he smiled sourly . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought we ought to get better acquainted , seeing as we 're all part of this happy family . |
| 5 | I thought we might perhaps have lunch . ’ |
| 6 | I thought we might go to the War Memorial . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I thought we might take a holiday in Canada , ’ Mark said . |
| 8 | For a moment , crossing the Melling Road , I thought we might nearly be placed but that 's when he started to tie up . |
| 9 | I thought we might be out of it at the 4th hole in the last round . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well I thought we might give her a spin on Friday night , ’ Yanto answered with a grin . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought we might try the ‘ Barge ’ at Thombury , ’ he shouted , ‘ what do you think ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought we might have looked a bit stiff 'cos it was n't our usual type of audience . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we might be talking about hundreds and hundreds dead , ’ said holiday operator Mr Watts . |
| 15 | What I thought we might do is to explore this phenomenon a little further , just the two of us together , but making sure we take things very carefully all the time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I thought we might just eat up the road , ’ the boy replied . |
| 17 | I thought we might need the extra time to help consolidate our position . |
| 18 | I thought we might have a treat and drive into Siena . ’ |
| 19 | I thought we might do some studying together . |
| 20 | I thought we might have something to eat first . |
| 21 | I thought we might as well do it properly . |
| 22 | Oh flowers Yeah I was going to say , I thought we might send flowers to her maybe on Thursday or Friday . |
| 23 | I thought we might take a tour round the surrounding hills and make sure there were no hidden surprises . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought we might talk , if you 've got time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I thought we might hear the nine o'clock news — I 've brought you a hot-water bottle . ’ |
| 26 | But I thought we might take a quick look at the muniments room first . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought we might have a word about the Gray affair and try to move things on a little in that area , ’ said Wheeler . |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought we might go for a coffee somewhere , and then there 's something I 'd like to show you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I thought we might have got round to talking new terms before breaking up for the summer , but I was told the board were n't able to arrange a meeting . |