Example sentences of "then i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I thought stuff that , I 'd rather go to Ibiza with my literary agent , Alison , and take some Ecstasy . |
| 2 | But then I thought this might not be understood by many people , and also , by the time it got to the Augean Bulls and the Birds of Stymphalus , it would be a little recondite for people like Terry Coleman . ’ |
| 3 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But then I thought , no , let's go crazy , ’ says Alison , ‘ so I went shopping and found the shorts in a shop on the King 's Road that specialises in tight gear . |
| 5 | I did easily lose a stone and a half , but then I thought : I do n't want him anyway . |
| 6 | ‘ I felt after he won the Mandarin Chase at Newbury in 1990 that he would be a Gold Cup horse , but after he was beaten in the Gold Cup then I thought that the Grand National was his race , ’ Adams said . |
| 7 | I thought it was a cloud , except that it was too grey , the wrong colour , and then I thought : there are no clouds anywhere else . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I thought , My Gorgeous Life , because I 've had a gorgeous life and I 'm still having one . |
| 10 | Then I thought that if someone wore embroidered lilies on jeans , it would be noticeable , and so on . |
| 11 | Then I thought that maybe I was at fault , that I had borne a grudge too long . |
| 12 | Then I thought of all the trees I had taken for granted in the past — beside the Cherwell at Oxford or on the pavements of a Surrey suburb . |
| 13 | Then I thought that if this man succeeded in cutting a hole in the side of the carriage and escaping through it , there would be an obligation on me to go out after him . |
| 14 | Then I thought … why should n't I be the first to grab the donkey ? |
| 15 | Up to then I thought he had dark hair . |
| 16 | Then I thought I saw my father . |
| 17 | Nothing wrong with it , but at first I thought it was nondescript , and then I thought it felt weird . |
| 18 | But then I thought ‘ Driven By You … ’ and ping ! the lights went on ; I thought of it as the power struggle that goes on in relationships . |
| 19 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 20 | Then I thought , ‘ Oh yeah , I f—ing wrote it ! ’ |
| 21 | Then I thought : No . |
| 22 | I remembered the honesty of Masquerade in a force five wind , and then I thought of all the good days to come ; days of Ellen and me and Masquerade in far seas , and I must have smiled , for Robin-Anne nodded approval of whatever silent answer I was framing to her question . |
| 23 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 24 | Then I thought of a way to cheer them up . |
| 25 | ‘ Then I thought I 'd start my own . ’ |
| 26 | And I went through reams of guilt , but then I thought , ‘ No , it 's all right because it 's going for Aids , ’ and also it has a very sweet , sentimental story behind it . |
| 27 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 28 | Poor Margaret , I thought , and then I thought , Poor Old Red . |
| 29 | Then I thought … well , as it happens , I did know that the old lady — MM Hamilton — had died earlier this year , and of course that could have meant that Dad 's job had packed up and they 'd had to move . |
| 30 | Then I thought , well , I 'll have to tackle him somehow , so the best way , rain or no rain , was to go out the back way and take him from behind . ’ |