Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [modal v] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still had time to kill , so I thought I 'd make a couple of ‘ phone calls and that meant employing the Middleditch gambit . |
| 2 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 3 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the left-overs from yesterday 's joint — I thought I 'd make a shepherd 's pie for supper . |
| 5 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 6 | Because of their success , some of these worksheets on general library skills had now been subsumed within IS teaching , leaving science to concentrate upon science-specific activities : Where we thought we could make a contribution was specifically linking subject-specific library work sheets into our own science teaching . |
| 7 | ‘ And we thought we could make a birthday tea for him , ’ said Peter . |
| 8 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 9 | Immediately they thought they would make a fortune if they were able to sell this food in shops . |
| 10 | I thought it would make a difference being a Mrs but it did n't . |
| 11 | Thought he 'd make a killing , you see ; a lot of money to be made from property development . ’ |