Example sentences of "as i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't as bad as I thought it might be . |
| 2 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 3 | And then , just after I 'd fallen asleep , as I thought , there was the damned organ moaning away and it was 6 a.m. again . |
| 4 | Melina Mercouri just as marvellous as I thought . |
| 5 | ‘ I must go , clearly , because I can not defend a policy I candidly dislike , ’ he wrote on 4 November , having already told Sir Walter Monckton , the Paymaster General , on 1 November that ‘ I felt I might have to resign as I thought the policy bad and disastrous . ’ |
| 6 | The particular premises that Let It Rock occupied had always been in the very vanguard of London fashion trends but working there was n't as much of a shock as I thought it was going to be at first . |
| 7 | If I did it and it did n't come out as good as I thought , or if I failed , then I 'll deal with that , but until I take that chance I 'll never know . |
| 8 | ‘ I went to the AA — for six months or so , as I thought — at 22 , because it was a job . |
| 9 | I had been paying the fees of the home a month in advance , but when explaining about the social security payments , I sent two months ' fees in advance to cover , as I thought , any delay . |
| 10 | Perhaps then I might have come to understand her , and instead of just doing my duty ( as I thought ) , to love her … |
| 11 | Sometimes , when we got back rather later than usual , my father was already preparing to send out a search party in — as I thought then , not knowing about Grandma 's lapses — his usual agitated way . |
| 12 | As I thought about that perceptive question I realised its implications . |
| 13 | On we drove , towards Sligo , as I thought . |
| 14 | It is n't as easy as I thought . |
| 15 | I was suddenly really upset as I thought I may never feel the baby moving inside me any more . |
| 16 | It 's arranged that you would eat out or in small parties at the hotel , as I thought maybe you 'd want to get away from each other by then … . |
| 17 | One can not just dig it out of language as I thought once . ’ |
| 18 | I tried getting him slimmer once as I thought it might help him to jump even better , but it did n't suit him . |
| 19 | Unfortunately at the end , I discovered the band were not with me as much as I thought . |
| 20 | That was n't as hard as I thought . |
| 21 | They thought as I thought , and cancer and one kidney was something to be talked about and shared . |
| 22 | I called , got through and spoke to a man who sounded as ordinary and as sane as I thought I was . |
| 23 | The abolition on stamp duty for house purchases was n't made permanent , as I thought it might be , but inheritance tax was ameliorated and he did bring in transferable tax allowances between spouses . |
| 24 | I was in love with her , as much in love as I thought I was capable of being . |
| 25 | Your approach to instruments , playing and writing is n't as obvious as I thought it would be … |
| 26 | Sheffield , like Rome , is built on seven hills and I had to cross most of them , anger fuelling my journey as I thought of all the excuses I 'd swallowed . |
| 27 | ‘ Not as bad as I thought it would be , ’ I lied . |
| 28 | It was not as difficult as I thought . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , it is as I thought , ’ he mused . |
| 30 | Tears came to my eyes as I thought that this was my and Miss Louise 's fault . |