Example sentences of "i really think i " in BNC.

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1 Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ?
2 Irate with frustration through constantly having to pick up my pencils after bending over , I really thought I 'd cracked it when I bought a ‘ posh ’ mechanical pencil , with a clip .
3 I really thought I was not only his girlfriend but someone that he really trusted because he knew I was energetic and dynamic and could get things done . ’
4 I really thought I could n't bear not to at least understand what he was going through , but by that time my opinion was totally irrelevant — not wanted — added to which , I 'm not easy to get along with anyway because I 'm not a ‘ yes-man ’ .
5 Oh Maud , it was so awful in the potion lab , I really thought I 'd had it . ’
6 I really thought I could handle something like that !
7 I really thought I was going to die .
8 I really thought I had done enough after being recalled against Pakistan . ’
9 I have no children of my own and I really thought I could be a mother to Debbie …
10 ‘ It was all sad paranoia , completely in my own head , ’ he continues , ‘ but I really thought I had to be somebody different .
11 How not inappropriate : for when the shop-bell heralded the earnest banker I really thought I was going to pee myself .
12 I really thought I was going to throw up last week at Maximillian 's .
13 ‘ Do you know I really thought I 'd blown it ? ’
14 But , I felt , I know , at one point I really thought I was going to have to ring Iris to come and just sit with the kiddies , but I thought well if I drop down what the hell , devil this house gon na look like in , with three of them let loose in .
15 I really thought I would see her round Sale , I 've never seen anything of her
16 I thought I could , I thought I could I really thought I could but oh God I 'd be okay if I could
17 ‘ But I really think I have everything , ’ I said .
18 I really think I 've thought through every permutation the human mind is capable of .
19 I really think I was holding back .
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21 I really think I 'll need to attend to it personally . ’
22 I really think I felt happier when he was being his normal , rude , arrogant , bullying self , ’ said Busacher gloomily to Willi one evening .
23 ‘ But I really think I 'm getting close , David — ’
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