Example sentences of "i thought it [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , ’ he said , ‘ I thought it were bad . ’
2 Mr he had a lot to do with this and the Royal Artillery Club here had and er I thought it were a nice gesture .
3 there you go ooh it 's lower than what I thought it were .
4 I said it 's lower than what I thought it were
5 I thought it were twenty sixth .
6 I went to turn tap off cos that 's what I thought it were .
7 I thought it were rubbish !
8 I thought it were February
9 Well , when he came out I thought it were er tape heads that had gone .
10 I thought it were only
11 I thought it were wonderful .
12 I thought it were fair , but I read the next bit What 's this one ?
13 but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday
14 I thought it were Dave !
15 But I thought it were good !
16 I thought it were three when they went to school .
17 I thought it were a tea bag .
18 I thought it were funny anyway .
19 I thought it were one of them , you know when you go in hospital and you 're off work and that ?
20 I thought it were one of them , watch what you 're doing , I thought it were one of them but it 's not .
21 I thought it were one of them , watch what you 're doing , I thought it were one of them but it 's not .
22 Oh well i somewhere ne I thought it were Scunthorpe but it 's not Scunthorpe it 's Newark it 's up
23 I thought it were on past Worksop .
24 waiting for er that 's what I thought it were .
25 I thought it were relay
26 I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way .
27 You had n't told your wife about it , so I thought it was probably bad news , and that it might have upset you enough to — well , to do something .
28 I thought it was you who wanted to see me . ’
29 ‘ It 's slightly earlier than I thought it was but we 're OK still . ’
30 I thought it was OK , ’ said Jay .
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