Example sentences of "you thought you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you enjoy it as much as you thought you would ? ’ |
| 2 | You will probably find that this comes naturally and that you are happier and more confident than you thought you would be . |
| 3 | and you thought you would carry on being good at it at A level . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's talk about drugs and why you thought you might find some here . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think you 'd lie to St Peter , ’ she retorted evenly , ‘ if you thought you might get something out of it . ’ |
| 6 | With a big orchestra after a certain time , if they are used to you and really play as they can , they will sometimes give you something more beautiful than you thought you could hear . |
| 7 | This helps you to afford the home you thought you could n't . |
| 8 | Include also those items which you wanted to have in the past but dismissed because you thought you could not have them or simply forgot about them . |
| 9 | So , just when you thought you could n't afford a real Paul Reed Smith and were going to spend what money you had managed to save on something else , along comes the new EG range . |
| 10 | And you thought you could just walk in — ’ |
| 11 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And you thought you could supply that want ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I understand now that you were trying to run from a situation you thought you could n't handle . |
| 14 | ‘ And if you thought you could pin it on me , you 'd have had me cautioned and the bracelets on by now , ’ I said bravely . |
| 15 | But Peter said to him , may your silver perish with you because you thought you could obtain the gift of God without mo , with money ! |
| 16 | However many you thought you could manage , it might just be the two |
| 17 | You admit you hate me , yet it did n't stop you from practically raping me when you thought you could get away with it . |
| 18 | ‘ It means , ’ she said coldly , ‘ that you asked me to stay with Anna because you thought you could seduce me . ’ |
| 19 | If you are feeling a little hungry , or a little unhappy ( perhaps you have not lost as much weight as you thought you should ) , then you are susceptible . |
| 20 | As you thought you should have |
| 21 | ‘ Gah ! ’ said the filthy creature worming along her bones and veins , ‘ you thought you 'd chat up that woman , did n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You mean you thought you 'd like to drive around in your car all afternoon just in case there 's anyone in the entire state who has n't drooled all over it yet — that 's O K , Ryan , that 's cool , I can handle that , I 'm sure you and your Porsche will be very happy and I would n't dream of fucking up your beautiful relationship . ’ |
| 23 | I suppose you thought you 'd paint Paula in a bad light and make it seem as though she could n't be bothered to go . |
| 24 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 25 | You thought you 'd play — for higher stakes than those he was offering . |
| 26 | ‘ You thought you 'd be Sherlock Holmes ? ’ |
| 27 | I have , I 'd get you a pair if you thought you 'd wear them . |