Example sentences of "[noun sg] i thought [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 2 | You probably all knew this … but just in case I thought I 'd let you know . |
| 3 | With my accent I thought I 'd be smashed to pieces or fucked in half after five minutes in here . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 7 | I 'll put a bit I thought it had always been like that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 11 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
| 12 | ‘ All that money I thought he was spending on you , he was spending on drugs . |
| 13 | Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere . |
| 14 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 15 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 16 | When you flashed the Repo Man card I thought we 'd been infiltrated . |
| 17 | From my attic bedroom I thought I surveyed the world . |
| 18 | Do you know , when I went , last one , with the club I thought I 'm not going again ! |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | And I 'm going to car I thought you idiot ! |
| 21 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
| 22 | it has to give you that effect I thought it was marvellous |
| 23 | But I used it as little as I could , though if the wind stayed in the south-west I thought I 'd probably have to use it for the later part of today 's outing . |
| 24 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 25 | Yeah , I know One pair of those tights were seven ninety nine , it 's no wonder I thought they were nice when I looked at them . |
| 26 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
| 27 | When I saw Maria Luisa 's distress at the window I thought it was all over for him and … and when you opened the door looking so terrible yourself I thought you had told her you would n't give her custody of the baby . |
| 28 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 29 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 30 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |