Example sentences of "but [pers pn] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was writing the same songs with the same approach but I thought they were all shit so I never brought them to J or I never tried to play them . |
| 2 | They had blue cushions on them , but I thought they 'd register better just white , so I glanced round the paper adding carious different coloured touches — light on dark and dark on light — to give the impression of light coming through the leaves . |
| 3 | Yeah but I thought they . |
| 4 | With the growth in pre-marital sexual experience which has taken place , it might be supposed that selection of a long-term partner on these lines would be easier ; but human beings still have a tendency to believe that everything will be all right in the end and a surprising number have said to me , " things did n't go too well before we married but I thought they 'd work out . " |
| 5 | But I thought they only allowed you to bury Catholics there . ’ |
| 6 | They spoke in Arabic , but I thought they did n't understand each other very well . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'd just made quite a good speech but I thought they were joking , ’ he says . |
| 8 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 9 | No I know but I thought they 'd , you know ? |
| 10 | But I thought they were perfectly acceptable and surprised in a way that so many people commented adversely on them . |
| 11 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 12 | But I thought they 're obvious , do you know what I mean ? |
| 13 | But I thought they were good . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ But I thought we had until Fridays , ’ Jinny said , puzzled . |
| 16 | I slipped my reins to the end of the buckle but I thought we had gone . |
| 17 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't often associate the word passion with us , ’ said Luton 's manager , David Pleat , afterwards , ‘ but I thought we played with a lot of passion in the first half . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill . |
| 20 | ‘ But I thought we did n't have a lot of cash left over for publicity ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 've had a run with just two wins in 12 games so it is unusual for us to be disappointed with a point , but I thought we were going to win , ’ said joint Charlton boss Alan Curbishley . |
| 22 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 23 | Souness , who reported that the latest injuries to hit the club were not too serious , added : ‘ It was difficult to entertain in that wind , but I thought we played like a team at times tonight . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We only train twice a week so Orient are obviously fitter than us , but I thought we gave as good as we got . ’ |
| 25 | Carried ‘ I knew the police were firing tracer bullets but I thought we would be safe at the back . |
| 26 | " She could , but I thought we 'd keep it . |
| 27 | But I thought we |
| 28 | GUIL : He caught us on the wrong foot once or twice , perhaps , but I thought we gained some ground . |
| 29 | But I thought we might take a quick look at the muniments room first . |
| 30 | I would gladly have come to you , but I thought we could talk more freely here than in an hotel . |