Example sentences of "i [verb] thought i " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake . |
| 2 | But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me … |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd thought I would n't have to move again , that we 'd be all right , you and me , Miss , a few more years yet . |
| 4 | I 'd thought I was going to rest on my laurels . |
| 5 | Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years . |
| 6 | Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years . |
| 7 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 8 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I had thought I would drive to Dublin to collect her , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I had thought I was being paranoid about their obsessive interest in us , but now , finding one of them waiting outside our hotel at half past four in the morning , I was alarmed . |
| 11 | I had thought I might |
| 12 | Only one thing surprised me — I did n't recognise her voice and I had thought I would . |
| 13 | I remembered a night by the river when daylight faded , darkness fell and the moon rose at once with a new light and I had thought I understood everything and that everything was good . |
| 14 | But I had thought I was , though not to Syl . |
| 15 | I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be . |
| 16 | I had thought I could have complete trust in you to get your charge safely home . |
| 17 | The flunkey hesitated , then responded by answering the last question first — with a figure that was nearly four times larger than the largest sum I had thought I might try asking . |
| 18 | ‘ I have never been physically assaulted by a client but there have been circumstances when I 've thought I should be a bit careful . |
| 19 | The only other thing that I 've thought I might do one day is do a country album . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're never too old to rock'n'roll , as the myth has it , but I 've thought I should try something a little more serious than a commercial music station when I move on again . |
| 21 | ‘ Sometimes I 've thought I 'll never forget what happened … it all comes back and I feel guilty , or … or dirty , or humiliated and bitter … |