Example sentences of "[noun] i thought [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 2 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 3 | You probably all knew this … but just in case I thought I 'd let you know . |
| 4 | With my accent I thought I 'd be smashed to pieces or fucked in half after five minutes in here . |
| 5 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 6 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 7 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 8 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 9 | started school I thought it was gon na be a bit I thought I would n't like it there but when I got there , I did like it mum . |
| 10 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 11 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 12 | God you know when I first me you Sabrina I thought you were a right swot . |
| 13 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
| 14 | ‘ All that money I thought he was spending on you , he was spending on drugs . |
| 15 | After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game . |
| 16 | Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere . |
| 17 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 18 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 19 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 20 | I suggested what songs I thought we should do and Nick and Mick ( Cave and Harvey ) said , ‘ That 's stupid … ’ |
| 21 | When you flashed the Repo Man card I thought we 'd been infiltrated . |
| 22 | From my attic bedroom I thought I surveyed the world . |
| 23 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 24 | Do you know , when I went , last one , with the club I thought I 'm not going again ! |
| 25 | ‘ Also , with Chernobyl still fresh in everyone 's mind I thought it might be a good idea to show that workers in the nuclear industry are just like the rest of us . |
| 26 | And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once . |
| 27 | And I 'm going to car I thought you idiot ! |
| 28 | Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth . |
| 29 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
| 30 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |