Example sentences of "thought that i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect .
2 I thought that I looked so smart in my white shoes , shorts , shirt and three cornered hat .
3 ‘ It thought that I 'd sold its mate .
4 I thought that I 'd created a new directory but I did n't .
5 and thought that I 'd bought it .
6 Of course everyone — except , I suppose , Aunt Kit — thought that I left Richard because I was half out of my mind with distress at losing the baby , but this is not the truth , not the whole truth , anyway .
7 ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’
8 I THOUGHT that I had disposed of the subject of flashes of light from materials when stressed , especially as I was only a few centuries behind Francis Bacon in mentioning the phenomenon .
9 Often they say , ‘ I thought that I had been through all this and settled it in my mind ten years ago , yet here I am having to come to terms with the same issue all over again . ’
10 I thought that I had been set up .
11 I thought that I had finished third , but when I studied the television slow-motion replay on the stadium scoreboard I could see that in fact Ray had won the bronze medal .
12 I thought that I had forgotten , in a way .
13 I suppose I thought that I had to start somewhere , and if this bird did n't work I could always sell it and buy another .
14 And tell him , Yes , that the time when I thought that I had to say ‘ No ’ to him is now long past , since we all live only by virtue of the fact that a great and merciful God says his gracious Yes to all of us ' ( Eberhard Busch , Karl Barth , E.T .
15 I have been here that long I thought that I had already been on … ‘
16 I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else .
17 And I also thought that I had conquered that Greek half of me .
18 ‘ As the full-time mother of pre-school twins , I just thought that I had to put up with Sam 's barely concealed fling with a neighbour , ’ says Tina .
19 I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war .
20 In paying my respects and tribute to the bereaved of the two soldiers and the young man killed , I am tempted to say that I thought that I had seen it all .
21 I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before .
22 Well I 've got the little blue packet yeah and I 'm screaming yeah I thought that I won about a hundred pounds or something yeah .
23 But that that 's a little thought that I have , a gut feeling you know an instinct erm that might be an area that could be chosen concentrated on this year .
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