Example sentences of "i think my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes er I did er I think my wife and I both agreed that er the , the was , was quite |
| 2 | ‘ Six weeks ago I thought my whole career might be up , but I love it over here , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 4 | I thought my father was older now and I was older . |
| 5 | But I blamed my body for what had happened , I hated it , I hated having breasts , I thought my body was saying : Hey , here I am , come and get me ! and I was terrified whenever I walked down the street . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought my game was going to disappear so I just concentrated on getting solid pars and dropped only one more shot , ’ he said . |
| 7 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 8 | For a while though , I had a psychological block to sailing in fresher winds because I thought my weight and strength was not up to it . |
| 9 | The following day was the end of term and I shall never forget the shock when Miss Smith read the Class Examination results for I thought my name would never come . |
| 10 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 11 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 12 | ‘ At one time I thought my vocation was to be a surgeon or doctor . |
| 13 | For some unknown reason I thought my chute must have been torn off me while I was getting out of my kite , and almost gave up making any further efforts to save myself . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought my family and colleagues would faint when they saw me but they loved the new me instantly , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought my father would come in for it . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought my friend was going to get a hiding . |
| 17 | Teague admitted : ‘ When I was pounding the hills alone I thought my England days were over . |
| 18 | I thought my future was here . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought my life insurance policy would pay out . |
| 20 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 21 | " So I was , sir , but I thought my bride had better see something of what 's goin' on in town before I take her back and bury her on the Moor . |
| 22 | After that , I thought my support could perhaps be less , that I had done the work . |
| 23 | When I reached home , my wife made me promise never to go to sea again , and I thought my adventures had come to an end . |
| 24 | Still , if I thought my difficulties were bad enough , some have had it worse than me . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought my mistress was going to marry you , ’ said Gabriel sympathetically . |
| 26 | When I got the nod that the Government was looking for ex-army officers to form a new force for service in Ireland , I tell you , Eric , I thought my prayers had been answered . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I thought my guards had killed you , ’ he commented . |
| 28 | I thought my boyfriend would make sure that he knew what he was doing , " cos at that time I did n't know what I was letting myself in for and also because he was nineteen I said to myself that he was more responsible . |
| 29 | Last time I half dug it up myself and I thought my back was going to go . |
| 30 | I thought my friend , Irena , was joking when she dragged me , sloshing and sliding , towards the highway . |