Example sentences of "i thought my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time I thought my heart would stop . |
| 2 | ‘ At one time I thought my vocation was to be a surgeon or doctor . |
| 3 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought my secretary told you to meet me at the house in Edinburgh ? |
| 5 | ‘ I thought my friend was going to get a hiding . |
| 6 | I thought my friend , Irena , was joking when she dragged me , sloshing and sliding , towards the highway . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought my memory had n't played me wrong . ’ |
| 8 | For a minute I thought my luck had changed and something good had happened , like Malpass had had a heart attack and I had a corpse in the back . |
| 9 | Last time I half dug it up myself and I thought my back was going to go . |
| 10 | I thought my god I use Pampers all the time |
| 11 | For a moment I thought my accent had not been understood . |
| 12 | She hauled me out of the room and virtually pulled me up the stairs : I thought my shoulder would come out of its socket . |
| 13 | I thought my shoulder would come out of its socket . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought my mistress was going to marry you , ’ said Gabriel sympathetically . |
| 15 | and I thought my sister did . |
| 16 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 17 | anorexic , I thought my mum was anorexic when I went home the other day . |
| 18 | I thought my red . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought my life insurance policy would pay out . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought my life was over , and that I 'd never be able to have a relationship again . |
| 21 | After that , I thought my support could perhaps be less , that I had done the work . |
| 22 | The following day was the end of term and I shall never forget the shock when Miss Smith read the Class Examination results for I thought my name would never come . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought my lord must have told you , ’ the girl said , still looking confused . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought my game was going to disappear so I just concentrated on getting solid pars and dropped only one more shot , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I thought my future was here . |
| 26 | For some unknown reason I thought my chute must have been torn off me while I was getting out of my kite , and almost gave up making any further efforts to save myself . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought my family and colleagues would faint when they saw me but they loved the new me instantly , ’ she said . |
| 28 | I thought my father was older now and I was older . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought my father would come in for it . |
| 30 | She said : ‘ I thought my father deserved better than what he got . |