Example sentences of "the [adv] i thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had not occurred to me that alternative arrangements could or would have been made , but , the more I thought about it , the more leaving the school seemed like the most sensible thing to do . |
| 2 | But the more I thought about his view the less happy I became about it . |
| 3 | At first I thought about it a good deal , naturally , and the more I thought the more I liked it . |
| 4 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 5 | I began to see that you might have a grain of truth lurking there somewhere , and the more I thought about it the more it made sense . |
| 6 | The more I thought about it , the more I looked forward to seeing this little known mountainous region , and I had every intention of penetrating at least as far as the Webi Shebeli river . |
| 7 | The more I thought about her , the nearer I got to beating off about her now . |
| 8 | However , the more I thought about it , the more it seemed that the approximations really ought to hold . |
| 9 | The more I learnt , the more I thought , and the more unhappy I became . |
| 10 | However , the more I thought about it , the more I imagined how nice it would be to have a really fabulous holiday in Andalucía . |
| 11 | The more I thought about it , the shedding of my watch became symbolic , and I rejoiced accordingly . |
| 12 | And the more I thought , the more I realised that his bonhomie had been superficial . |