Example sentences of "think [that] i [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nightmares and night-time anxiety , are a regular feature of Leonard 's work , though he did remark to us , ‘ I do n't think that I was scarred by anything . ’ |
| 2 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 3 | He was almost relieved — for one ghastly moment , he 'd thought that I was going to tell him I loved him . |
| 4 | ONE CHRISTMAS DAY , I stupidly thought that I was flying from London to Bangkok . |
| 5 | He thought that I was trying to provoke him . |
| 6 | I worshipped you , Angela , thought that I was coming back to you , and when you left me , you left me with nothing . |
| 7 | ‘ I must hiv thought that I was dreaming . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was shocked when Bristol City released me because I thought that I was doing well , ’ said Vernon , who has now scored four times in three games for Bath but has not yet started a game . |
| 9 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
| 10 | I thought that I was gon na have to er , talk about phasing but I think that he 's dealt with that quite adequately but I certainly will be happy answer any questions afterwards if if there are any . |
| 11 | ‘ My mother , ’ said Bernard , suddenly , talkative at last , ‘ is a mean-spirited , disgusting bitch ; a big fat mammy , and to think that I was born from between her legs makes me want to vomit . |
| 12 | That did settle me because it was such a nice feeling to think that I was sharing this memorable day with the rest of my family . |
| 13 | Indeed , he might have been perturbed to think that I was diverting so much energy towards his defence ; but , so far as I know , he was ignorant of these interventions of mine , as I never showed him the letters or alluded to them . |
| 14 | I even had the audacity to think that I was going to win . |
| 15 | And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct |
| 16 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 17 | He looked at my pityingly , no doubt thinking that I was succumbing to the English diseases , amateurism and laziness . |
| 18 | And I would n't be thinking that I was making an investment , if you understand me . ’ |