Example sentences of "i thought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion . |
| 32 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 33 | We had passed so close to the Dutchman that I thought we must have run over his foot . |
| 34 | At that time I thought we were scraping the barrel . |
| 35 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
| 36 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 37 | ‘ Well I thought we might give her a spin on Friday night , ’ Yanto answered with a grin . |
| 38 | ‘ I thought we might try the ‘ Barge ’ at Thombury , ’ he shouted , ‘ what do you think ? ’ |
| 39 | I thought we were all biologists these days ! |
| 40 | ‘ For a while I thought we 'd go down because of it . |
| 41 | ‘ I thought we 'd go for a drive and put her through her paces , ’ he suggested . |
| 42 | Faith Hillman and I thought we would enjoy this unique opportunity to fly over twenty countries , retracing the ‘ Empire Air Route ’ flown by mail carriers sixty years ago . |
| 43 | ‘ I thought we 'd agreed on it . |
| 44 | ‘ I thought we — ‘ |
| 45 | ‘ I thought we could fuck on it . ’ |
| 46 | I thought we could switch on the yard lights and have it outside . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ I thought we really had something special . |
| 48 | ‘ The only reason I ever played Les Pauls was because Keith was playing a Strat and I thought we should have a different look , but from about 1985 on I 've played Strats . |
| 49 | But I enjoyed it so much , I thought we should get something going . ’ |
| 50 | I suggested what songs I thought we should do and Nick and Mick ( Cave and Harvey ) said , ‘ That 's stupid … ’ |
| 51 | ‘ I thought we were here to learn not to criticize , ’ she said sternly . |
| 52 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 53 | I thought we would be safe . ’ |
| 54 | I thought we should die of laughing , but soon sobered up on seeing Miss T. 's hurt expression , because I daresay she can take it in her stride all right . |
| 55 | ‘ I thought we might have looked a bit stiff 'cos it was n't our usual type of audience . ’ |
| 56 | I thought we had to have excessively high interest rates in order to keep sterling where it is . |
| 57 | Andrew Jackson got a bit nearer what I thought we were asking for with his ‘ Crazy For You ’ from Madonna in support of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party . |
| 58 | When the new Parliamentary Labour Party gathered on Monday for its first meeting since the election , I thought we were entitled to an apology . |
| 59 | ‘ I thought we might be talking about hundreds and hundreds dead , ’ said holiday operator Mr Watts . |
| 60 | I thought we would be lower mid-table in a comparatively comfortable position , but when you get 15 little things and you lump them together you get a better idea why we have n't done so well . |