Example sentences of "and i think [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And I thinks to myself well I might as well be going out earning money if they 're not in bed .
2 And I thought across here too , terrible here .
3 Although brief and rather clinical , it was a highly enjoyable experience and I thought to myself , ‘ I must try this again some day ’ .
4 And I thought to myself if all I 've got to do is put my signature on this piece of paper and without actually paying any money down , any cash down at all , I can a actually walk out of the shop carrying the video recorder .
5 I heard him and I thought to myself :
6 I was dragged out of the cave , through the waterfall , to lie on my back gazing up at the fast-moving clouds in the blue sky ; and I thought to myself , Those clouds are free , just as I was until now .
7 And I thought to myself : What 's it all for ?
8 Now when I was preparing this evidence , I got to this point and I thought to myself , why on earth has this not happened in Richmondshire ?
9 And I thought to myself yes , I 'll tell you a story !
10 And then it was further endorsed because I went to hear him at Johnstown and I thought to myself well I felt sorry that he was erm what 's the word I want ?
11 Well , so there you are and I told them , he he said that he wanted erm a urine sample you see and so of course when the nurse come after he 'd gone , later and I kept waiting and I thought to myself well I want to know the result !
12 Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I , perhaps he might lend me a hand ?
13 And I thought to myself , keep it boy !
14 And I , and I thought to myself oh no perhaps he 's legitimate .
15 So I was standing there and I thought to myself pretend I 'm looking at my watch and I 'm waiting for someone .
16 And I thought to myself no I 'm not gon na go out , I did start to go out the park and I thought no .
17 Cos I thought well the couple had only just walked up there and I thought to myself oh well he might meet up with them , you know .
18 Yes , I hope he is , she 's apparently , she 's erm a designer and the girl that makes it she designs the latest beautiful hats and I thought to myself if they 're those tall , biggest , you know those tall sort of round sort of like bowler hats ,
19 I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going
20 what made me laugh was this police woman saying , it annoys me , if you have a drink you should n't drive , and I thought to myself and I bet
21 I 'm , I , I noticed er Ricky , they were coming across I was er washing the erm venetian blinds up in the er er bedrooms and he came out with his young lady and er they came down ac across the grass and he was in front , and he jumped over the fence at the bottom , and she this little , and she was ha was having to climb and she was stuck th like that , and he looked back and thought she , he , she was with him and when he s and er he went back , but he went back , and I thought to myself oh like a gentleman , and lifted her over .
22 Yeah he did and I thought to myself oh well you 're , you 're growing up Ricky , I thought to myself .
23 Oh they were kicking up an awful fuss and I thought to myself now a cat 's tearing one to pieces , that 's the way it , what it sounded like , or two and they were , I could n't see quite out of the window but they were making a fuss on the wall by Diane 's
24 and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ?
25 Yeah that 's right , and I thought to myself what if , I would n't of thrown it away , I keep all my programmes
26 . Well I put my washing out and I thought to myself right , today .
27 And I thought to myself , oh gosh , just drive up there ,
28 and I thought to myself , Oh God .
29 For example , I was very embarrassed a few years ago when all his hoo-ha came out about this erm bishop who was getting this marvellous mansion in the country , and I thought to myself I 'm not totally sure whether this is right .
30 The car slid away from the kerb , followed by a small blue roadster , and I thought with some regret that I was probably watching Mrs. Barbara Porter driving out of my life .
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