Example sentences of "thought [pron] [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I 'm sorry , Mr Grout , but I thought I ought to mention it . |
| 2 | ‘ When you first came in to look around I half thought I ought to mention it . |
| 3 | Cos I was sort of like listening to my music and it was , I think it was about half eight , nine o'clock cos I 'd only got some homework done for ne , to do for next Tuesday , so I thought I 'll leave it |
| 4 | No er I thought I 'll leave it till tomorrow and then |
| 5 | So I thought I 'll have it cut to this length . |
| 6 | So I thought I 'll take it to Iris ' and er because we 're always talking so |
| 7 | Cos I thought , I thought I 'll take it out , I finished that tape , this is a new one . |
| 8 | Well I thought I might accompany it with another equally short poem , which is also about a child . |
| 9 | I thought I might do it like that . |
| 10 | She thought I might find it … helpful . |
| 11 | Sandra : I thought I might take it to Mr Wilson . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | I thought I would do it alone , but now I 've met you again I 've changed it a bit . ’ |
| 14 | I thought I would discuss it with you first . ’ |
| 15 | I thought I would dig it up again , and put it in her bed , all covered with mould , so that she would know it was dead , but after a while she stopped crying , so I left it there . |
| 16 | Then I tried it on the pasture , but that was a bit rough , so I thought I would ride it down the new road through the iron gate leading out of my land . |
| 17 | Well I thought I would use it as a raffle prize at school or something . |
| 18 | ‘ So , ’ said the Prince , ‘ I thought I would let it all blow over . ’ |
| 19 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 20 | I never thought I 'd make it . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I 'd make it easier for you to suck me off . ’ |
| 22 | He 's left something here and I know he 'll want it — I thought I 'd drop it in to him . |
| 23 | I thought I 'd tape it . |
| 24 | Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things . |
| 25 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 26 | I thought I 'd give it |
| 27 | Oh I thought I 'd give it a try , why not ! |
| 28 | I 'll list it separately , of course , because it was n't found actually on the body , but I thought I 'd send it with the others in the chap 's pockets . " |
| 29 | Of course , Billy 's answer was ‘ certainly ’ , 'cos he obviously never thought I 'd do it . ’ |
| 30 | She said , ‘ I never thought I 'd do it . |