Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 2 | So , I thought I was going to be a freelancer — what a fool . |
| 3 | Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene . |
| 4 | I thought I was going to be sucked out . |
| 5 | At the top of the stairs I thought I was going to be sick and returned stiffly to the bathroom . |
| 6 | I thought I was going to be buried . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was not as surprised as I thought I was going to be ’ , he said eventually , ‘ to hear myself pronounced clinically dead ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You thought I was going to be a lot more fun , did n't you ? ’ she asked gently . |
| 9 | Oh God , I almost crapped myself I thought I was going to be working till twelve I 've now got no prep to do . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you was goin' to be a famous pilot this mornin' , ’ retorted George . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you were going to be a farmer . ’ |
| 12 | When we got married there were no wedding cakes , no wedding do 's , you were just glad to get married , you thought you were going to be better off , but really you 'd no idea . |
| 13 | I thought you were going to be here in London for ages . ’ |
| 14 | What you and Sam thought you were going to be doing . |
| 15 | I thought you were meant to be watching your blood pressure . ’ |
| 16 | Some of the rides made Jane feel dizzy and there was one awful moment on the Pirate Ship when she thought she was going to be sick ! |
| 17 | If he thought she was going to be a nice little stepsister he could think again ! |
| 18 | I thought she was going to be meeting him next weekend then ? |
| 19 | He was angry because of the circumstances ; I was angry because I thought we were going to be robbed of the Open . |
| 20 | For a while there I thought we were going to be up the creek without a paddle . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought we were going to be killed , and you enjoyed it ! ’ |
| 22 | After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game . |
| 23 | I thought they were pretending to be offended — but people were honestly upset by it and I was flabbergasted . ’ |
| 24 | The particular premises that Let It Rock occupied had always been in the very vanguard of London fashion trends but working there was n't as much of a shock as I thought it was going to be at first . |
| 25 | The February 1974 election turned out to be close , but few thought it was going to be close at the time . |
| 26 | I thought it was going to be worse than it was . |
| 27 | I really thought it was going to be sort of ‘ You must not drink ever again' and ‘ You naughty boy , you must n't do it ever again' sort of thing . |
| 28 | Eric Brown then went and did that in the third round , but at that stage I thought it was going to be between Peter , Christy and Dave . |
| 29 | He was our biggest danger in the end , although I thought it was going to be Tom 's four-ball partner Bert Yancey who might prove the biggest threat . |
| 30 | Retirement was n't as good an idea as he thought it was going to be . |