Example sentences of "thought [pron] 'd [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course .
2 But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere .
3 Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over .
4 ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’
5 One man who took early retirement at 61 thought , at the time , that the advantage of early retirement was ‘ The fact that there are so many young people out of work and I thought I 'd done a lifetime 's work and might as well leave it for the young ones . ’
6 ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid .
7 I thought I 'd a had a , I thought I 'd had a problem but I , I injured myself as well .
8 Laugh , Ah thought Ah 'd hud a relapse of my cystitis .
9 I thought you 'd gone a bit shitty .
10 I thought you 'd done a runner and run away
11 ‘ When I did see him , he said ‘ I thought you 'd got a cold ? ’
12 I thought you 'd got a bit carried away when you were drawing them . ’
13 , I thought you 'd started a book to put those , all these paper cuttings ?
14 He never pretended to feelings he did n't have and if he thought she 'd made a fool of herself he 'd say so , but never to do her down , never to boost himself at her expense .
15 ‘ I thought she 'd had a cocktail waitress , dear , ’ said Francis .
16 She thought she 'd married a pair of muscular , sheltering arms and what she 'd got was a snivelling kid still frightened of Mummy .
17 ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula .
18 He thought he 'd heard a sound , there towards the end of the parapet at the top of the steps .
19 ‘ All through The Graduate Nichols thought he 'd made a mistake in casting me .
20 ‘ I thought he 'd made a bolt for it , ’ said Dalziel .
21 we enjoyed walking home , I thought he 'd gone a bingo , that 's funny were n't you going home baby sitting .
22 ‘ Streuer was behind us and he thought he 'd seen a gap , but Steve cut across .
23 Thus , when Dennis offered him exactly half what he had been making , Lauda thought he 'd had a touch of sun .
24 WHEN Arnold Parker bought a chocolate gateau in his local grocer 's shop , he thought he 'd got a bargain .
25 He thought he 'd got a job for life when he got his old mate Humphrey in as master — they were at school together , you know — but all that 's backfired pretty badly .
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