Example sentences of "[subord] i thought you " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then you 're a sillier bugger than I thought you were , Mike . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're smaller than I thought you 'd be , ’ Berger told him . |
| 4 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 8 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 9 | If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me . |
| 10 | ‘ If I thought you were serious , I would give you a thick ear ! |
| 11 | ‘ If I thought you were even remotely human , dog-face , I 'd wring your neck . |
| 12 | I 'd send every letter I 've written you since we last met if I thought you would n't do it to me again , humiliate me again . |
| 13 | If I thought you were a real threat , you know I would stop at nothing to discredit you . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't blame you — though if I thought you was messing around with her , anything like that , you 'd be in dead trouble , believe you me . ’ |
| 15 | And I 'd be sad if I thought you were less than happy with them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't call you pompous , ’ she said slowly , and then , with a grin , ‘ not that I would n't dare to — if I thought you were . |
| 17 | ‘ At the moment , there 's insufficient evidence to arrest anyone , ’ said Harris quietly , ‘ and if I thought you were keen on any of the other men in this case , I 'd be saying the same thing about them . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If I thought you could n't look after yourself , you see … ’ |
| 19 | if I thought you were all out of work |
| 20 | ‘ 'T WAS stamped with your father 's seal , and I just accepted it — and then flung myself into battle after battle , trying to forget you , never knowing why you continued to haunt me , until I thought you had betrayed me . ’ |
| 21 | Nor did I dare return until I thought you 'd be safely in bed , and no temptation to me . ’ |
| 22 | No , cos I thought you were going in Friday . |
| 23 | Cos I thought you were returning my call . |
| 24 | Cos I thought you thought only women could |
| 25 | He said well I give you that Avenger estate he said cos I thought you were building your house , that 'll be handy for you you know yeah you did and you let me down badly ! |
| 26 | So could you phone up er your office because I cleared the fact that we can pay with this card cos I thought you might look at this and say well look it 's expired . |
| 27 | I did n't wake you up cos I thought you 'd want a lie in |
| 28 | Well you should 've done cos I thought you were going to cos I thought yeah we 've got , have n't got anything to do this afternoon |
| 29 | Yeah , cos I thought you were working afternoon borrowed his bike |
| 30 | ‘ Look , Dorothy , I hired you because I thought you might shake the place up a bit , so if you are unhappy here , that 's at least partly my fault . |