Example sentences of "thought [adv] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | destroyed all mine and put it all in the , I mean lipsticks ten quid a time or whatever , seven quid a time , so I went through and Mary had a she got this moisture , oh I thought what does this mean , she said it 's for removing lines , I thought right we 'll have a sample this |
| 2 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 3 | Yeah I put it in me pocket last night and I thought right I 'll give her her two P and I bet your life she says what about other one . |
| 4 | took it all to pieces , cleaned it up all inside it 's great , I thought right I 'll take it outside and I 'll try it now |
| 5 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 6 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 7 | I thought perhaps we 'd go erm , see if we can get stand by tickets for it , on Monday . |
| 8 | We thought perhaps we can use that as a goal standard , and pick up what actually happens with our project to compare the two . |
| 9 | I thought perhaps we should go to Linlithgow . |
| 10 | Yes , just a hunch feeling , they just kept a clean sheet in the last game , and I thought perhaps they might keep another one , but erm and scramble a goal — it was very late was n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ If you are not busy , ’ offered Jeremy Vole , ‘ I thought perhaps you might like to stop by for a chat . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Now then , I have , a-hem , noticed your presence in Riverbank and thought perhaps you might appreciate a word of welcome . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought perhaps you might have had an affair . |
| 14 | I thought perhaps you might . |
| 15 | oh alright , he 's put them down somewhere and he ca n't find them , and he thought perhaps you might of picked them up , cos you 're always picking things up you should n't are n't you ? |
| 16 | I said nervously ‘ Oh , I thought perhaps you would teach me Mr Samuel if I came up to London for lessons ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought perhaps you 'd like to stop within sight of it . ’ |
| 18 | I gave it to you , knowing you were stronger than him , for you had her magic ; I thought perhaps you 'd keep his destiny from him . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , you know , I thought perhaps I 'd just check through things and make sure . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , yes , I thought perhaps I 'd try to intercept Erdle on his way back . |
| 21 | I thought perhaps I should turn it off . |
| 22 | The Girl was explaining how she thought perhaps she ought to make some kind of thanks to them for their hospitality . |
| 23 | ‘ You thought perhaps she might feel insulted — that you should imagine she could be so easily led ? ’ |
| 24 | I thought perhaps she might come from something like that |
| 25 | Sometimes I saw her there , singing or talking quietly to herself , and I thought perhaps she could see the people in her secret world of Gondal , and was talking to them . |
| 26 | One day , when he was feeling a little stronger and thought perhaps he would try to start another letter , Mrs Avery appeared at his door . |
| 27 | Then er I thought perhaps he should go for erm erm something that 's er will give him a , a good income , but er |
| 28 | I thought just we can see that she 's quite an extremist just . |
| 29 | He thought now it might have been a mistake . |
| 30 | I thought well they 'd do for him for summer . |