Example sentences of "i thought [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought we might perhaps have lunch . ’ |
2 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
3 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
4 | ( Years later , he came down to a jam with The Pistols when I thought we needed a keyboard player . |
5 | ‘ I thought we 'd finished with that for ever . ’ |
6 | I thought we might go to the War Memorial . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ I thought we could move up through the shop , better ourselves . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I thought we could get on with him but I think within a week of moving in there we became entangled in David and Angela 's personal lives . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I thought we had no option but to send the task force . |
13 | I thought we 'd all agreed at previous meetings that , with minor exceptions , all the major new plants would be located on the continent ? ’ |
14 | ‘ Well , I thought we might take a holiday in Canada , ’ Mark said . |
15 | ‘ But I thought we had until Fridays , ’ Jinny said , puzzled . |
16 | ‘ I thought we 'd have a good laugh when you came in , ’ she complained . |
17 | ‘ I thought we were marching , not lurking , ’ the lads complained . |
18 | I slipped my reins to the end of the buckle but I thought we had gone . |
19 | ‘ I thought we agreed no more after first 500 unless get all captives , ’ read Alton Keel 's notes , quoting Weinberger at the end of the day . |
20 | For a moment , crossing the Melling Road , I thought we might nearly be placed but that 's when he started to tie up . |
21 | ‘ When they began whispering I thought we were boring them , ’ said Stevenson . |
22 | We got turned over last Saturday but I thought we showed great character out there today . ’ |
23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
24 | ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill . |
25 | ‘ I thought we could put the electric wok away . |
26 | ‘ But I thought we did n't have a lot of cash left over for publicity ? ’ |
27 | Maybe I thought we could make up for all those afternoons . |
28 | I thought we might be out of it at the 4th hole in the last round . |
29 | I thought we had three to win , but it was two because Mr Lu got his birdie . |
30 | He was angry because of the circumstances ; I was angry because I thought we were going to be robbed of the Open . |