Example sentences of "so i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's slightly sparkling so I thought you 'd prefer it . ’ |
| 2 | Or so I thought . |
| 3 | So I thought I 'd drop you a line through the magazine to convey my get-well-soon message and show the rest of the readership what a handsome chap you are . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't worth going down on the off-chance , or so I thought . |
| 6 | Or so I thought … . |
| 7 | Shrewsbury , the Sorbonne and Pembroke College , Oxford , enabled me , or so I thought , to pass for white , although of my grandfathers one had been a railwayman on the London and Northwestern and the other a clerk in Bristol Gas Works . |
| 8 | My wife and I were actually in Hawaii at the time ( combining business and pleasure ) secure , or so I thought , in the knowledge that everything was running smoothly . |
| 9 | ‘ It was worth doing , or so I thought at the time . |
| 10 | I 've had my bath , after a satisfying day in the garden , and so I thought this would be a good moment to put pen to paper . |
| 11 | I could see right away Tom was looking for his caddie , and so I thought , ‘ This is it — do or die . ’ |
| 12 | It was a right-to-left turn up the hill and he hit it perfectly all the way — or so I thought . |
| 13 | He birdied 14 and chipped in at 15 , and so I thought if he can birdie 16 he might shoot 69 . |
| 14 | So I thought maybe that 's what she was doing . |
| 15 | Or so I thought , until I read this week that Prince Charles , who was held up to my by that selfsame grandmother as a paragon , has apparently gone the way of the rest of our post-war generation . |
| 16 | So I thought it was nice that we in the Women 's Guild declared Women 's Lib this year and held our own . |
| 17 | The only people ( or so I thought ) who were miffed were the council members of the European Athletic Association , steeped in their protocol . |
| 18 | So I thought I 'd write to you too . |
| 19 | So I thought I 'd help . ’ |
| 20 | My final solution to the problem was a bit risky , but not as risky as the alternatives — or so I thought ! |
| 21 | So I thought to myself , ‘ Right , I 'll have one more stab at it . |
| 22 | So I thought an illustration of Mark 's later playing , as demonstrated on Dire Straits latest album ‘ On Every Street ’ , might make for a welcome change . |
| 23 | So I thought I 'd tell you about this bit of niceness — and no , there 's not a free Bettencourt signature model in it for me . |
| 24 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
| 25 | So I thought I 'd had it . |
| 26 | That was unshiftable , or so I thought ! |
| 27 | So I thought , what can I do ? |
| 28 | So I thought we could have a really good time as well , yeah ? ’ |
| 29 | So I thought about what had happened to me and to people I knew , and put it all in the book . |
| 30 | Now I was talking to Dad I wanted to tell him about how Mum and I had found Granny and what wicked things Mum had done , but I knew Mum 's eyes were on me so I thought better of it . |