Example sentences of "i thought [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought anonymity was easy : it was easy to be a simple , nodding individual who got on the bus . |
2 | I thought London was a wonderful place but I was disappointed when I saw what a small , tumbledown house my brother and his wife lived in . |
3 | I thought women were always supposed to know . |
4 | I thought women could be hired for those services . ’ |
5 | I thought Laura was coming behind the bar to fucking us support . |
6 | ‘ I thought Ibn Fayoud liked the way I rode . ’ |
7 | It made my one minute I thought help ! |
8 | I thought Ellie here needed a little pepping up . |
9 | I thought vets were supposed to be on twenty-four-hour call . ’ |
10 | Personally , I thought Kafka 's handling was a bit heavy-handed . |
11 | I thought Ceauŝescu had liquidated golf . ’ |
12 | I thought February . ’ |
13 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
14 | I thought things were hotting up a bit there . ’ |
15 | ‘ It 's really strange , ’ he muses , ‘ I thought things would have died down by now , because I did the music such a long time ago . |
16 | My aunt has told me they still admitted quite a number of patients in that condition in her day , but I thought things had changed . ’ |
17 | ‘ I knew there were problems , ’ he said , ‘ but I thought things were beginning to look up ? ’ |
18 | But back then … well , I thought things just happened — you know the saying , Mei fa tzu , it 's fate . |
19 | I thought things had changed in Sweden when I was able to use the same team in successive games for the first time in six years . |
20 | I ca n't believe it , you see I thought things were still as they were . |
21 | I thought things were going to get pretty heavy for a while , but they never did escalate the way I thought they might . |
22 | Arriving in Kiev , where Russian rather than Ukrainian is still the first language for most people , I thought things would be different . |
23 | ‘ First , I thought French was a chic language , ’ he explained , ‘ and then you know , I saw all those photos of Germany before the war and I thought life would never be what it used to be . |
24 | The handbook says this represents a JTM45 on ‘ 6 ’ but I thought Gary 's was nailed on ‘ 10 ’ and with a Guv'nor pedal super-glued in and gaffer taped ‘ on ’ ! |
25 | ‘ I thought Gary was looking very sunburnt , ’ said Helen . |
26 | ‘ I thought Gary Hinchley was the man of the match . |
27 | I thought Val said he was having three days holiday ? |
28 | I said I thought Surkov felt resentful because the novels had n't made more money . |
29 | I thought Chairman that er Mr is saying that er they would consider any consult with the Union on some of the statements that have been made and I quite er the item D is in fact necessary that er I I I gave no arguments , it should be given consideration if it is come to that and er it will come back presumably to form a proposition of deal with it then . |
30 | ‘ I thought unit trusts were doing rather badly , ’ Charles tried maliciously , but Miles was unruffled . |