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 .
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