Example sentences of "a [noun] [coord] i thought [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried . |
| 2 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 3 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 4 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 5 | ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’ |
| 6 | He was silent a moment and I thought he was n't going to answer that . |
| 7 | Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine ! |
| 8 | My dad was once testing me on my biology and we came up to these films and the subject of drugs and I said just , you know , just as a joke and I thought he would just laugh it off , I said have you done any ? |
| 9 | He now sounded as though he were beginning a lecture and I thought he must have learned that intonation from his tutors . |
| 10 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 11 | The glass must have held nearly half a pint and I thought I too had had a splendid day out . |
| 12 | So I had a bath and I thought it 'd warm me up but I was , I was freezing were n't I ? |
| 13 | ‘ The only reason I ever played Les Pauls was because Keith was playing a Strat and I thought we should have a different look , but from about 1985 on I 've played Strats . |
| 14 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 15 | I was thinking of doing a teddy but I thought I wanted sort of one , two or three things do n't you on the bottom ? |
| 16 | She said : ‘ One pulled out a knife and I thought he was going to kill me . |
| 17 | He dodged behind a bus and I thought he 'd been knocked down . |
| 18 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 19 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 20 | and I 'd just finished training as a nurse and I thought I was really cool and calm and I would of reported it , but I did n't |
| 21 | Above all I do n't want to worry you : I 'd feel like hell on earth if you crashed on a mission and I thought it might be my fault , even to the tiniest degree . |
| 22 | I 'm supposed to be calling a solicitor but I thought it was only fair I should warn you instead . ’ |