Example sentences of "i thought [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom .
2 I thought about this conversation for quite a while afterwards .
3 First person I thought about this morning was you .
4 Then I thought about those children and decided to give it a go . ’
5 The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights .
6 Such nice somebody and then I thought of ah I thought of that door yes all right let's
7 At first I thought of these ideas as jewels formed in a matrix of rock like a diamond or like a fragile vase fired in a kiln at Ching-Te-Chin — an emperor 's gift .
8 I thought of several things to say to him , but nothing sounded right .
9 Then I thought of another question — just as Mala asked it .
10 But where I thought of this part of the game as the worst , Ken positively savoured it .
11 I thought of this hyla as the nymph Echo , a dryad , an invisible sweet voice .
12 That really made me smile when I thought of this rock'n'roll preamp being used in that situation .
13 I thought of this killer out on the empty , wild moor , and I felt more and more uncomfortable about my surroundings .
14 I thought with this hat this dress was short enough .
15 I thought at half time I had got it exactly right .
16 Erm the tentative benefit you put in at the end of that you said is that okay and Maggie said yes erm the answer could be construed I , I thought in that basis well yes it 's okay so what whereas if you 'd 've said is that of interest to you
17 I felt helpless in the face of my own infantile bad temper and sulkiness ; I could remember exactly how I 'd felt when I was six , and somebody was trying to cajole me into doing something I did n't want to do … in a minute , I thought in some recess of my mind , I 'll be stamping and shouting , " Wo n't ! "
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