Example sentences of "i [verb] thought [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd thought of that . ’ |
| 2 | It was that easy I wish I 'd thought of it myself . |
| 3 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 4 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 5 | Lord Tebbit tells me he has still to agree on his luxury — ‘ the BBC seem to be rather narrow-minded about some of the luxuries I 'd thought of . ’ |
| 6 | A great gimmick and I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 7 | I thought I 'd thought of that first . ’ |
| 8 | Actually , I chew on a piece of mozzarella and merely wish that I 'd thought of bringing a silver pistol , because , let's face it , Dudley Moore played Patch the Elf in the 40-million-dollar Santa Claus — The Movie which unlike say Ishtar or Hudson Hawk , is consistently unbearable for every single one of its sad seconds . |
| 9 | I would have called Clelia Clara if I 'd thought of it , but I did n't . |
| 10 | As I entered the room I wished I 'd thought of phoning a desperate SOS to James . |
| 11 | ‘ If things had gone differently , I 'd thought of extending my holiday , but now there does n't seem much point . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd thought of that . ’ |
| 13 | Very apt , I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 14 | ‘ It is — I just wish I 'd thought of it years ago . ’ |
| 15 | If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd thought of a course of Lenten addresses . ’ |
| 17 | About the party — I 'd thought of making it a triple celebration : my engagement to Heather , Ma 's homecoming , and a kind of — gesture of thanks to Luke . ’ |
| 18 | ( Wish I 'd thought of that earlier ! ) . |
| 19 | Or I 'd thought of getting a teaching qualification — maybe starting my own commercial language school . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd thought of that … in fact , she once mentioned Eddie to me . |
| 21 | ‘ I might have , ’ he said , ‘ if I 'd thought of it . |
| 22 | my holiday was later as usual and longer so , you know and there was a couple of other things not related to this which I 'd thought of doing and it 's sort of they evaporated , but erm , we did spend time talking to Ingy earlier in the year , you know , about publicity and I gave her lists of well such as things obvious things like Playback and Newsbeat |
| 23 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 24 | Sometimes from my high Chiswick window I 'd thought about horrors down below the surface , out of sight . |
| 25 | Yes , I 'd thought about him , but he ca n't wed her , can he ? |
| 26 | I said almost nothing in the letter ; only that I 'd thought about her once or twice , that I had discovered what ‘ the waiting-room ’ meant ; and that she was to write back only if she really wanted to , I 'd quite understand if she did n't . |
| 27 | I 'd thought about that one for a long time , wondering who Beya and Gabricus were , and had paid little attention to the note in brackets which had been added afterwards : ( Frater mysticus meus . ) |
| 28 | it has n't really been erm all that eventful but at least by staying put rather than going off at , I , I 'd , I 'd thought about , at one time , erm emigrating to New Zealand but er erm when I found out what the conditions were like out there I decided to stay and er |
| 29 | Erm , what I 'd thought about , because at this stage we 'd like to erm , perhaps start to get the feel of these little examples of application , How do these pairings sound for you . |
| 30 | After that — ’ he swore ‘ — if I 'd thought about you before we made love , afterwards I thought about you a thousand times more . |