Example sentences of "i think at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 erm I go along with what erm Simon said about Paul , I 'm I thought at one time that they would go for Cox and him , to be perfectly honest , he 's absolutely right on what he said , and I 'm sure they 're relying on the fact that I believe Paul is going to be a home track and they 're going to pick a lot points up at home .
2 I thought at one time I saw signs of a recovery ; but the event makes me fear that I was not heard …
3 The earth never quite moved for me in the Dante Sonata as I thought at one stage it might .
4 I thought at one time Didi and I would get along well enough , but , after finding my sweet , simple , clumsy , courageous , honest , fiery … ’ his voice dropped to a husky whisper ‘ … beautiful , passionate Sagittarian , I know no other woman would have satisfied me . ’
5 Well , my understanding is that the individual should have a job description as that 's what they are working too , and I thought at one time that it should be the individual who would sign the job description but apparently not , it should be the manager , who signs it to say yes , I confirm that this is the job I want the person to do .
6 Harry and I thought at one stage that if we could find a proper home
7 I mean she 's talking about it and I said well I thought at five they were probably a bit young .
8 I thought at first that the sound , the terrorized shriek , was my last spurt , expressing itself .
9 Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts .
10 I thought at first the food was a trap , but after you left the pink mixture I knew I could trust you . ’
11 ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first .
12 I thought at first they must be students .
13 I thought at first that he was merely taking an open-air path to his own bedroom , but he went straight past the open door at the end of his sleeping car , and straight on past the next car also .
14 I thought at first , that 's not my kind of song , ’ said Rolf , more famous for Two Little Boys and Jake The Peg .
15 I thought at first you was a kind bloke , I did n't think you was goin' to help put me in me grave . ’
16 ‘ When I was in Egypt I thought at first that the sun and the desert , the empty sky and the empty sand — that there was nowhere more grand .
17 I thought at first , what was the mother like since there 's so little of the Flowers in any of them , since they are so good and clean and wipe their noses always on their handkerchiefs and never on their sleeves7 But the veneer is rubbing off already . ’
18 I thought at first she had taken it well , and then she went crazy .
19 ‘ Once I cut the neckline wrong on three hundred dresses and I thought at first I 'd just keep quiet and fill the gap with lace .
20 I thought at first she was ketch-rigged , but then decided she was more of a schooner .
21 As I said , I thought at first that the no boundary condition did indeed imply that disorder would decrease in the contracting phase .
22 I thought at first that Lady Eleanor had fainted .
23 I thought at first she was going to lend a hand .
24 I thought at first it must have been Ivy Cook , ’ Zen went on .
25 And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’
26 I thought at first it was too high but not for our hero .
27 ‘ I jettisoned the wood , climbed down the path and there , neatly stashed away in a narrow inlet between the rocks , was my castaway , complete with gash on temple , soaked through , ice-cold to the touch and so deeply unconscious I thought at first you were dead . ’
28 I thought at first they were racoons then I realised they were pandas .
29 It 's not what I thought at all .
30 That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest .
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