Example sentences of "[conj] i thought you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh customers or I thought you said gostermers |
| 2 | I 'd have turned it down without asking except I thought you might be interested — ah — because … ’ he shrugged , unable to find a tactful way of saying that this was the best offer she would get all year . |
| 3 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 4 | And I just liked reading it so much that I thought you 'd like to read it too . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's just that I thought you should n't be able to turn people out of places they 've lived in for years , it does n't make sense . |
| 6 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 7 | Its just that I thought you would n't come here any more … not after last night . ’ |
| 8 | Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’ |
| 9 | And you look so topping in that dress that I thought you might be a sport . |
| 10 | No excuses , as I 've said , and the only explanation I can offer is that I thought you loved Jones . |
| 11 | ‘ I confess that I thought you 'd taken the boat . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 13 | But in saying that I 'll go ahead , I 'll go ahead with what Robert said although it seems as if erm between us we picked up on a lot of things , there was some objections that Martin threw at you that I thought you handled particularly well . |
| 14 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
| 15 | No I , no I understand what you 're saying , it 's just that I thought you said three questions of each . |
| 16 | You know when I when I first thought of that I thought you know I 'd let us keep it . |
| 17 | Then you 're a sillier bugger than I thought you were , Mike . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're smaller than I thought you 'd be , ’ Berger told him . |
| 19 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 20 | They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Dear , oh dear , ’ said Wexford mildly , ‘ and I thought you progressives were dead against capital punishment . ’ |
| 24 | Simon looked up surprised , even amused : ‘ And I thought you liked him ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And I thought you were going to bed . ’ |
| 26 | Teacher : You were coming towards me and I thought you were going to run me over , Peter . |
| 27 | And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’ |
| 28 | And I thought you were a dead smart poet — once . |
| 29 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
| 30 | He stopped again and , taking her firmly now by the arm , pulled her into a shop doorway and , looking into her eyes , he said , ‘ If it was n't for leaving you I 'd be glad to go , and … and I thought you 'd be proud of me going . ’ |