Example sentences of "and i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got as far as Grantchester and I thought , fuck it , yes , why not ? |
| 2 | I kept walking , past the old mill , right up around the bend to where the council property starts , and I thought , oh , shit , council houses . |
| 3 | But he did eat it , and I thought he would . |
| 4 | And I thought there 'd be less fuss if I — ’ |
| 5 | The McLaggans were spoiling for a fight and I thought the lairds might have the mettle to retaliate . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My relatives used to come over and say : ‘ There 's nothing in the shops ’ , and I thought it was ridiculous , because there was plenty , ’ a 47-year-old lathe operator from Dresden told me yesterday . |
| 7 | And the man had a mouthful of champagne and I thought he was going to have a heart attack . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm basically a loner in a collaborative field , and I thought everything was possible , ’ says Newley . |
| 9 | The proof of the pudding as we all know is in the eating , and I thought where better to sample the pudding than at RAF Uxbridge . |
| 10 | ‘ Dear , oh dear , ’ said Wexford mildly , ‘ and I thought you progressives were dead against capital punishment . ’ |
| 11 | My hosts have taken me around , and I thought that we would have lunch in the Television Tower — in fact I have reserved a table . |
| 12 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 13 | The midwife said to me , ‘ This child has been on this earth before ’ and I thought that was rather an odd thing to say , but the midwife seemed quite adamant . |
| 14 | producer Mike Vernon , Gus Dudgeon , blah , blah , and this weird list of instruments like bass flute , contra bassoon , bass drum , etc and I thought this was very peculiar , but it was the early days of the Deram label and we used to do some pretty odd sessions . |
| 15 | That was n't the reason I gave her to David , but because she was a trained dancer and I thought she could help David get the simple steps of the minuet together , because he had difficulty in putting two steps together . |
| 16 | Being quite intuitive , I did notice there was a funny tension between Ken Pitt and David and I thought that probably what had happened was that David had not been satisfied performing ‘ When I Live My Dream ’ with the old backing tracks , as he had been working with Tony Visconti and had all these new tunes and productions and ways of doing things in his head . |
| 17 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
| 18 | Then the show ended and we had to return to America and I thought that was that — good friends , really talented , I 'd grown to really like David 's music . |
| 19 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 20 | And I thought a man in his position |
| 21 | The taxi was clattering away and I thought it would fall apart at any moment . |
| 22 | ‘ And I thought it was those rats or my silly old brain and all the time it was you , young man . ’ |
| 23 | He 's taking a few days ’ vacation out there , right now , so Pat and I thought it would be a good idea to let Fred Klepner stand in . |
| 24 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
| 25 | And I thought some of the girls were extraordinarily attractive in their outrageous costumes and theatrical make-up . |
| 26 | Simon looked up surprised , even amused : ‘ And I thought you liked him ! ’ |
| 27 | Neither was listening to the other talk and I thought it would be a good moment to fetch the rhubarb tart . |
| 28 | Once , this woman from an agency stopped me in the street and offered me a job and I travelled to Manchester to her agency , but they said : you 'd need to lose a few pounds , and get rid of this spot , and things like that ; and I thought : I ca n't be bothered . |
| 29 | 7 make-up and I thought it was great . |
| 30 | On the cover was a punk with a pierced nose , and I thought she looked great , so I had mine done . |