Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] imagine that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd always imagined that one day I 'd be able to turn to the guy beside me at the Giants Stadium and say ‘ That 's my kid playing down there ’ . |
| 2 | I had fondly imagined that sitting astride one of these slow , sure-footed and allegedly stubborn beasts would be a doddle — which it was when actually in the saddle . |
| 3 | Not that he considered himself immune ; but he had always imagined that when it was his turn , he would know somehow . |
| 4 | I had always imagined that they would put up and take down tents . |
| 5 | She had always imagined that an exploding bomb would have made an infernal , ear-splitting racket , but it did n't . |
| 6 | I had always imagined that when I finally lost my virginity , it would be for the same reason I smoked and drank , because it would have seemed unsophisticated not to . |
| 7 | I had once imagined that I too might one day be involved in that large , confusing family with its extended degrees of affinity . |
| 8 | Miss Logan had further imagined that their journey , while devotional in its final purpose , might afford pleasant opportunities for sketching , the activity which had first established a bond between employer and companion . |
| 9 | He had even imagined that she mocked him with her smile , though he could not be certain that she had actually seen him there . |
| 10 | The schools had never imagined that the practitioners would be successful and , when they were , the schools were annoyed to realise that they had lost their monopoly powers . |
| 11 | She had never imagined that a kiss could feel like this , that a man 's arms could enclose and shield her so thoroughly against any other awareness , that her body would respond so passionately and so completely from the roots of her hair to the backs of her knees . |
| 12 | But it projected enthusiasm , delight and knowledge right through the television screen and it made Peter within a few months well-known to millions of people who had never imagined that they had any interest in natural history . |
| 13 | Um Khalid explained that she had never imagined that one year ago she would be speaking like this today . |