Example sentences of "but i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , but I thought it must be some arch or something that everybody had to stoop to go through . |
| 2 | But I thought , fuck , NOW you want to work ? |
| 3 | With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected . |
| 4 | I had no specific use at the time , but I thought it would prove a handy addition to the workshop , and was delighted when my grandfather elected to purchase the tool for me . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew I was n't going great but I thought I 'd score 8,200-8,300 . |
| 6 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
| 7 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 8 | I knew I could never live with them again , but I thought … |
| 9 | I did n't understand it all , but I thought it was real beautiful . |
| 10 | I did n't really want to marry her or nothing , but I thought , you know , that we was friends like . |
| 11 | ‘ You would have heard officially on Monday but I thought why not tell you now and save you a week-end 's worry . |
| 12 | But I thought you were political … |
| 13 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 14 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 15 | But I thought I was on my way out of the door anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ No one in particular , but I thought she 'd have been better off with a chap of her own age who would have wanted her to carry on where she was . |
| 17 | ‘ But I thought we had until Fridays , ’ Jinny said , puzzled . |
| 18 | She could not have been very old when I first knew her , but I thought of her as old , partly because her hair was pure white . |
| 19 | But I thought … is n't this Chelsea Barracks … the Brigade of Guards ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , but I thought … |
| 21 | A few years ago this was only available in specialist nurseries , but I thought I recently caught a glimpse of it in Geoff Hamilton 's ornamental vegetable garden on the television , so I suppose it has come of age . |
| 22 | I slipped my reins to the end of the buckle but I thought we had gone . |
| 23 | I was flabbergasted , it was absolutely against all my politics , but I thought : just to show you , I will . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
| 25 | But I thought of you , your concern for me , and how it might trouble your conscience ( not that you would ever hear of it ) so I stopped . |
| 26 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |
| 27 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't often associate the word passion with us , ’ said Luton 's manager , David Pleat , afterwards , ‘ but I thought we played with a lot of passion in the first half . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Some people told me I should have told the selectors to shove it and play for my club instead , but I thought if I kept quiet and plugged away I would get my chance — but I did n't think it would come this season , ’ Andrew said . |
| 30 | But I thought , sitting there on the side of my bed looking out over the trash-filled street with the sound of the trucks grinding and roaring down the thoroughfare , that He must be something like the sun rising out of the ocean on a cloudless day . |