Example sentences of "the [noun] i thought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 2 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 3 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 4 | Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth . |
| 5 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
| 6 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 7 | But I used it as little as I could , though if the wind stayed in the south-west I thought I 'd probably have to use it for the later part of today 's outing . |
| 8 | Do you know , when I went , last one , with the club I thought I 'm not going again ! |
| 9 | When I saw Maria Luisa 's distress at the window I thought it was all over for him and … and when you opened the door looking so terrible yourself I thought you had told her you would n't give her custody of the baby . |
| 10 | And , as the rain got worse during the rounds I thought someone was going to have to go off and build an ark . |
| 11 | Then when he followed you down the corridor I thought I 'd better make sure you were alright . ’ |
| 12 | But I never forgot the name McCloy and when Charlie got so cocky in the pub I thought I 'd needle him a bit . |
| 13 | Oh are you going , oh I did n't realize you were going to the pub I thought you were going out somewhere . |
| 14 | They came in right at the end of the period I spent working there I never owned one myself — although I 'd sometimes wear one in the shop I thought they were stupid . |
| 15 | Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour . |
| 16 | I would have thought the tulip that went in the er coal scuttle the tulips in the cauldron I thought they 'd had it , they were lying down completely . |
| 17 | To underline the point I thought I 'd show you this four year average one thing that the exercise shows is that between them our book , entertainment and fine china businesses normally account for about seven percent of Pearson 's annual profit in their first half and for about thirty three percent of our profit in the full year . |
| 18 | I was shaking and sweating so much in the confessional I thought I was going to faint . |
| 19 | Three helico , oh , or helicopters went over three times in the night I thought I was gon na raped and pillaged but no luck ! |
| 20 | I told my mother that as Thomas would be in strange surroundings and might wake in the night I thought it better if the two of you shared a room . |
| 21 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll call for you after lunch , and we can go shopping for all the things I thought you 'd like to choose for yourself . ’ |
| 23 | I took the things I thought he would like ( not just the clever-clever things , like the perspective of Ladymont ) . |
| 24 | As time went on , to avoid a whipping , I learned to tell her only the things I thought she wanted to hear . |
| 25 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 26 | At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter . |
| 27 | And th there there was a cartoon in the paper in the week I thought it made me smile really . |
| 28 | ‘ And from the start I thought your accent was a bit phoney . |
| 29 | It grated on my eardrums , set my teeth on edge , shook loose all the pains I thought I had lost . |
| 30 | At the top of the stairs I thought I was going to be sick and returned stiffly to the bathroom . |