Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 2 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 3 | Include also those items which you wanted to have in the past but dismissed because you thought you could not have them or simply forgot about them . |
| 4 | ‘ When you said something about the real tragedy for anyone facing a handicap is when expected support is withdrawn , then yesterday at your flat I realised that you thought I 'd walked out on Jennifer when I discovered she had MS . |
| 5 | Clough also revealed that he thought he had signed Welsh international striker Dean Saunders before his move to Liverpool — and admitted selling Teddy Sheringham to Tottenham may have been a mistake . |
| 6 | Now if I was a cadre and I received that I think I would be thinking right erm if I really want to be at the forefront of this that 's the policy that I want to promote erm and if the peasants in my area are not demanding this and not achieving this well we , I , I ca n't be seen not to be going it , I 've got ta go with this . |
| 7 | ‘ Need for subplots , ’ he muttered when she thought he was asleep . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The initial interview with an MD seven years my junior was largely comfortable and amicable apart from the minor irritant when he asked if I thought I could relate to young people in the office . |
| 10 | Bessie Parkes more prudently replied that she thought it was " undeniable " that it would bring lower wages but " it was only fair to let women have a fair share in the competition " . |
| 11 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 12 | He told me he applied but I thought he told me he 'd been turned down . |
| 13 | Within Dotty 's hearing a home pirate remarked that he thought it had all been a storm in a teacup . |
| 14 | What had happened was that Syl had , one evening , flushed with wine , remarked that he thought it would be a good idea if we got married . |
| 15 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 16 | He lifted his hand and she flinched because she thought he was going to strike her , but it was worse . |
| 17 | Gloria never sunbathed as she thought it was ageing ; she applied the same effect out of a bottle . |
| 18 | The nervous enthusiasm of his expression was such that Miss Daunt afterwards confessed that she thought he was about to use the gun on her . |
| 19 | It worked and I think it was honest because we were filming in hot places . |
| 20 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 21 | I felt that he thought I wanted to run the last leg for the glory . |
| 22 | He knew that she thought him to be a stiff and unimaginative person . |
| 23 | Jasper laughed until he thought he was going to be sick . |
| 24 | Carol 's face fell and I thought she might burst into tears . |
| 25 | He was very interested in discovering whether the tattoo would grow as he grew and he thought he already detected some enlargement . |
| 26 | ‘ Until Sir Thomas died and you thought I might have a motive for murder ? ’ she finished sweetly . |
| 27 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 28 | ‘ I may not know how Selkirk died but I think I know why . ’ |
| 29 | I thought but I thought it was erm I mean you have n't |
| 30 | Claudia blushed at the thought of seeing Hadrian 's Wall with Roman as her guide , but the pleasure faded quickly as she remembered that he thought she was Garry 's mistress . |