Example sentences of "i always thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always thought it was too early , he wrote , and now I see that it is much too late . |
| 2 | by no means the perfect pub , but as good a place as any to spend an evening in a town which I always thought would make an ideal site for a nuclear test . |
| 3 | I always thought he fancied himself as a bit like a character in a war film , The Dambusters , Bomber Harris maybe . |
| 4 | I always thought Malcolm was a bit like that kid . |
| 5 | I always thought she was single . |
| 6 | I always thought being famous was the only thing worth doing in human life , and anything else was just perfunctory . |
| 7 | I always thought that my Taurean nature — though on the cusp with Aries , looking forward towards another double-image sign , Gemini , which made for imbalance — was far from typical ; but certainly the bull was well and truly there in my strong sexuality . |
| 8 | I always thought that to be a religious Jew , you had to dress like someone from nineteenth-century Poland . |
| 9 | I always thought toads were a greenhouse asset . |
| 10 | Such a simple idea , I always thought to have a wall of panelled doors that folded back . |
| 11 | I ALWAYS thought lesbianism was one of those things you had to be born with , like the ability to do the splits . |
| 12 | ‘ He is a May 26 foal and I always thought he 'd be a better four-year-old , ’ said Stoute , who has pencilled in the Coronation Cup at Epsom , on June 4 , for the colt . |
| 13 | The mighty Thames had dignity and sober beauty but , despite Wordsworth 's sonnet , I always thought of it as business-like , the powerful engine-room of the city . |
| 14 | ‘ Till now I always thought 'em black |
| 15 | The bulbs were n't just scattered , but were arranged in the correct patterns — so that if you looked up you could see ( if you knew which star was which ) , up there amongst all the dragons , bulls and poisonous scuttlers of the Heavens , right in the centre you could see the constellation which I always thought of as being our special one , a solitary man walking with his faithful dog , the high summer constellation of Orion , the Hunter , stretched and striding above us . |
| 16 | I always thought that was extraordinary ; a man like him sitting apparently alone all night with that one never-empty , unintoxicating , frosted glass , as if it was the sign of some great abstinence or purity . |
| 17 | He was pressed for a date and told ‘ before tonight I always thought of you as a child — but you 're not . ’ |
| 18 | P.C. All right , Sir , but I always thought that it was more creditable to prevent crime and keep one 's beat clean and free from nuisances or offences than to have charges or summonses of a trivial character . |
| 19 | I always thought that academic litigation was a peculiarity of modern America , but no : one Paul Nicholas sued the University of Paris for withholding his degree . |
| 20 | ‘ I always thought that if Alexander died without an heir , Edward would support the house of Bruce ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I always thought you went along Kinghorn Ness and found the body below you and then had it raised by ropes . ’ |
| 22 | He was always so quick witted and courageous was John that I always thought he would have made a good secret agent — a James Bond kind of figure . |
| 23 | I always thought thee a fly un . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 26 | I always thought Australia 's finest export came in a cold can — until I heard the incredible slide playing of ex-patriate Dave Hole . |
| 27 | Somebody re-mixed You 're My Best Friend the other day and I always thought it would be nice to re-balance that stuff , but when we got the tape out , it was all on one track , so that 's it . ’ |
| 28 | I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen . |
| 29 | I always thought nurses were a tough crowd . |
| 30 | ‘ Playing with D'Arcy has been a real education because up until she joined the band I always thought about rock in male terms . |