Example sentences of "[noun] and i thought i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 2 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 3 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 4 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
| 5 | and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone |
| 6 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 7 | Lord Hulton was waiting at the entrance and I thought I had better warn him . |
| 8 | One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’ |
| 9 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 10 | Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine ! |
| 11 | cos some of them are three ply and I thought I 'm not gon na sit and knit three ply . |
| 12 | The glass must have held nearly half a pint and I thought I too had had a splendid day out . |
| 13 | " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . " |
| 14 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 15 | I looked in my the other day and I thought I thought now I have n't got it now . |
| 16 | Gauge people 's reaction you know as I said to you earlier are you with that Mike because of all I had contact and I thought I saw you |
| 17 | I was floating overhead — I was n't visible to the daleks and I thought I should come down and see what the Awful Warning was . |
| 18 | ‘ I needed new gloves and I thought I 'd wait until Monday when they 're normally issued . ’ |
| 19 | I simply could n't believe it … it did n't seem to make sense and I thought I must be mistaken but I 'm sure I was n't … ’ |
| 20 | knowing erm why all the purple cro crocuses good cook and I thought I 've got no |
| 21 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 22 | ‘ Everything went well in the warm-up and I thought I just had to lob it out to qualify . |
| 23 | There was no sign of Cawthorne and I thought I 'd come too far . |
| 24 | I 'm tired and hungry your mum has n't had dinner yet , put him up and dress and I thought I 'm not gon na hang around doing something for dinner |
| 25 | I 'm just about to go to bed and I thought I 'd ring and see how things are with you . ’ |
| 26 | Cos I saw erm a photo when I was eighteen and I it was sort of short in the neck over my ears short in there and then sort of fuller there and then just a bit of you know a light fringe not a heavy fringe and I thought I might have it like that so |
| 27 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 28 | Teotihuacan was some twenty kilometres north-east of the centre of Mexico City and I thought I had probably glimpsed those pyramids through the dust haze as we flew in . |
| 29 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've lost my lighter and I thought I might have left it in the car the other day . |