Example sentences of "and i thought it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My relatives used to come over and say : ‘ There 's nothing in the shops ’ , and I thought it was ridiculous , because there was plenty , ’ a 47-year-old lathe operator from Dresden told me yesterday . |
| 2 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 3 | The taxi was clattering away and I thought it would fall apart at any moment . |
| 4 | ‘ And I thought it was those rats or my silly old brain and all the time it was you , young man . ’ |
| 5 | He 's taking a few days ’ vacation out there , right now , so Pat and I thought it would be a good idea to let Fred Klepner stand in . |
| 6 | Neither was listening to the other talk and I thought it would be a good moment to fetch the rhubarb tart . |
| 7 | 7 make-up and I thought it was great . |
| 8 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 9 | In the afternoon he had a 34 for the first nine and I thought it was all over bar the shouting . |
| 10 | He was so unlucky with the weather and I thought it would dishearten him , but he just kept going . |
| 11 | Tom equalled the championship record of 276 with a 70 and I thought it would be a long time before it would be broken . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I have three children of my own now and I thought it would be nice to surprise them with the sugar mice on the tree , and also the chocolate cat . ’ |
| 13 | The reason why I joined the original class was that I had become intrigued by what I had heard and read about the Technique and I thought it might help prevent a second hip operation . |
| 14 | But I found this in our house , and I thought it might be yours ’ . |
| 15 | They both love cuddly toys and I thought it would be a nice idea to have two teddy bears especially dressed in an outfit similar to the ones the two girls are to wear . |
| 16 | It always used to go out of tune and I thought it was the tuners , but in fact the trouble was with that old Gibson vibrola — a terrible thing , really cheap . |
| 17 | They hand-made him this acoustic guitar and I thought it was really beautiful , so I thought I 'd like something like that . |
| 18 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 19 | These are some of the questions and comments I 've heard recently and I thought it was time to give some answers . |
| 20 | And I thought it really had been a very good life , a fun life , despite Ellen never having gone to bed with me , and I wondered if my father would even notice my death , then the Maggot whooped with glee , hauled back on the stick , and our plane was screaming up into the wide blue lovely bullet-free sky and the Maggot was laughing and slapping my shoulder . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 22 | Miki had her reservations : ‘ I 've met Kat Bjelland a few times , she was first with the dresses and socks , and I thought it was a good image . |
| 23 | ‘ There was something I remembered that I wanted to look at , and I thought it would be an interesting place to spend my leave . |
| 24 | It was the first time I had been able to attend a pub meet at this particular hostelry , and I thought it was very nice , full of young people without being a noisy ‘ fun pub ’ . |
| 25 | " To the rocks ? " murmured Toby , and I thought it 's working . |
| 26 | And I thought it was complete like . |
| 27 | I have n't read the question I saw V equals and I thought it was velocity . |
| 28 | I closed my eyes and concentrated on the voice , and I thought it was n't you , but I did n't really know . |
| 29 | The memory of my encounter with Jeanne Kennedy and how I 'd run away remained and I thought it stayed with me from shame . |
| 30 | An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf . |