Example sentences of "thought [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I thought I made myself clear this morning , Rincewind .
2 Yeah he 's a very you know it 's funny I know it 's the worst time to do a phone in actually because people are doing other oh I 've got me foot caught in the whatsit but erm I thought I thought we 'd get loads of people on saying I 'd been very rude saying that this was er er er nation of animal haters and abusers .
3 I thought I thought we 'd given it a really good airing this
4 I thought I thought he 's home .
5 I thought I thought he was very all sort of , I thought he or you know , good at delegating and eh .
6 Well I thought I thought he was a bit but I do n't know
7 Sorry I I thought I thought you quoted a price of a hundred and said that
8 I thought I thought you were going to get one on your desk , one like Jed 's that hums all the time .
9 And you just could n't absolutely see anything serving customer I was going to so , to move or change out my draw shutting it up , turning it off , going away and somebody else had come , he kept , kept , kept doing that and he was stood there all the time and I thought I thought you definitely wo n't get the job !
10 I thought I thought you were on about a book that
11 I thought I thought you meant weekly
12 But we had to go and take it into his culler I had one day at that , I thought I thought I 'd had enough coal .
13 I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess .
14 I thought I thought it was too complicated to say to him .
15 I just could n't , I thought I thought it 'd got something to do with absence .
16 And I for what I 'm trying to do I did n't think we 'd be able to afford a stone I thought I thought it would be much more than what Mr 's quoted .
17 I thought I heard somebody .
18 I thought I heard something .
19 I thought I heard something before I heard him .
20 ‘ I thought I heard something … . ’
21 Then I thought I heard something moving in the trees — just behind one big tree .
22 ‘ I thought I heard something . ’
23 I thought I heard something but then the oaf of a guide urged his horse back , shouting out questions which would have roused the dead .
24 Except that when Mrs Tremayne were dying , I thought I heard her say something about someone called Ash , or maybe it was Nash .
25 I thought I heard her say that she 'd packed the gallery , but she was lighting a cigarette and no one took any notice of this remark .
26 I thought I heard her say , ‘ Go on , you can do it ! ’
27 I thought I heard him bring the cows in earlier but he 's grown so deaf he did n't hear when I called him .
28 I thought I heard him say that there was some discretion in this matter , if the French do n't go ahead there is some discretion on the part of the British government , I thought it was automatic that if the French do n't ratify then we wo n't be able to ratify .
29 I thought I heard them when I was on the phone .
30 ‘ I thought I heard you say the Guild of Merchants ? ’
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