Example sentences of "i [verb] think i " in BNC.

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1 For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake .
2 But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me …
3 I 'd thought I would n't have to move again , that we 'd be all right , you and me , Miss , a few more years yet .
4 I 'd thought I was going to rest on my laurels .
5 Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years .
6 Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years .
7 I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said .
8 I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said .
9 I do n't think he was too impressed — I like to think I 've improved since . ’
10 ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark .
11 I like to think I 've achieved the former , but I ca n't get promotion in five months . ’
12 I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said .
13 I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave !
14 I like to think I know my way round the colour spectrum , but these days the colour red , for example , has been reinterpreted in a ghastly post-modern mish-mash that can encompass anything from blood to Schiaparelli pink via puce and scarlet , preferably all together .
15 ‘ They usually come up with a couple of lesser-known names , and if I can keep the runs coming I like to think I might at least get a mention . ’
16 I like to think I 've got the balance right . ’
17 I like to think I have n't changed much as a person .
18 And I like to think I 've learned my lessons :
19 I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby .
20 So I like to think I 'm helping somebody else .
21 I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well .
22 Well yes I well I like to think I 'm a fan everybody 's fan .
23 I like to think I 'm not big headed either , you could n't be the way we were brought up .
24 ‘ About three years ago , I started thinking I would like to try and start a business ’ , she says .
25 I keep thinking I 'm invisible !
26 I keep thinking I 'm a bell !
27 I keep thinking I 'm a bird .
28 I keep thinking I know them .
29 I keep thinking I know them , these that are wheeled on trolleys or borne on stretchers .
30 I keep thinking I 'll put a padlock on , but I never get round to it .
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