Example sentences of "thought [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had thought everyone would have gone to the Oyster Bar and that only the night-watchman would be in the building . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes I 've thought I 'll never forget what happened … it all comes back and I feel guilty , or … or dirty , or humiliated and bitter … |
| 3 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 4 | The only other thing that I 've thought I might do one day is do a country album . |
| 5 | I had thought I might |
| 6 | The flunkey hesitated , then responded by answering the last question first — with a figure that was nearly four times larger than the largest sum I had thought I might try asking . |
| 7 | Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes ? he wrote . |
| 8 | ‘ I had thought I would drive to Dublin to collect her , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought I would even go to Hollywood , let alone work with people like him . |
| 10 | Who 'd have thought I would be able to say that I trained Marmaduke " Duke " Hussey , chairman of the BBC , in TV interviewing technique ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd thought I would n't have to move again , that we 'd be all right , you and me , Miss , a few more years yet . |
| 12 | Only one thing surprised me — I did n't recognise her voice and I had thought I would . |
| 13 | ‘ You are the last woman I would have thought I would want — you 're everything I despise , but you 're in danger of becoming an obsession and there 's only one way to deal with it : we 'll make love until we 're sated with each other , then we 'll both be free to go our separate ways and forget we ever met . ’ |
| 14 | I 've , I 've I 've often thought I would never vote Tory but , I mean , I 've been better off in some ways in that I was able to buy my council house . |
| 15 | I would of thought I would of thought is she , if they 're gon na move this year is the year she 's def got ta do it |
| 16 | Well I do n't understand how they 're like that cos I mean there 's , this side of the pot has n't got any and I would of thought I would of put them in |
| 17 | There who are they on about three four three four three four to call it 's er a very public figure very public you 're bound to have heard of him you 've probably seen him as well I would have thought I would have thought so as some stage picture always in the paper there as well you know nice big swanky car too . |
| 18 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
| 19 | I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be . |
| 20 | I had thought I could have complete trust in you to get your charge safely home . |
| 21 | I must say I 'd have thought I could rely on you to calm people down . |
| 22 | I want … wanted it all or , in the end , I found I wanted nothing , although I 'd originally thought I could be satisfied with something . ’ |
| 23 | the situation I would n't of thought I could of got away with anything much more than that |
| 24 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 25 | ‘ I have never been physically assaulted by a client but there have been circumstances when I 've thought I should be a bit careful . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're never too old to rock'n'roll , as the myth has it , but I 've thought I should try something a little more serious than a commercial music station when I move on again . |
| 27 | ‘ Actually , I should n't be telling you yet , but as your wife came to the station saying how worried you were I thought I 'd call in and tell you . |
| 28 | Yet who 'd have thought I 'd be given another chance like this ? she thought . |
| 29 | For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake . |
| 30 | You might have thought I 'd happily become a little playmate for you to while away a few tedious hours with , but let me tell you , Mr Jacobsen , you were way off the mark . ’ |