Example sentences of "and [pers pn] think i would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 2 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |
| 3 | We went to this very flash restaurant and I was really nervous , you know the feeling — anyway blood was rushing , and I was looking at the menu — my French is pretty good — and I thought I 'd fancy a pork cutlet . |
| 4 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 5 | ‘ I have a few concerts in the Midlands , and I thought I 'd make my base somewhere close by until they 're over . |
| 6 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 7 | and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone |
| 8 | Well this th this is the the faces and I thought I 'd do the maps and the rest were questions I do n't know whether y should do some questions . |
| 9 | and I thought I 'd watch it now |
| 10 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
| 11 | ‘ I needed new gloves and I thought I 'd wait until Monday when they 're normally issued . ’ |
| 12 | I need my dream , I 've got to have it — like I had to have that fairy-and-goblin curtain material when I was about six and I thought I 'd die when Mum said No , we must have the blue flowery material because it would outlast my six-year-old fairy-and-goblin phase . |
| 13 | and I 'm , I 'm brassed off with him and I thought I 'd know that mug face , it 's Maureen |
| 14 | My husband wandered off to do his own thing , and I thought I 'd see what Koi and Goldfish were on offer outdoors . |
| 15 | There was no sign of Cawthorne and I thought I 'd come too far . |
| 16 | " Oh , I 've some studying to do , and I thought I 'd get it in now while the house is still quiet . " |
| 17 | I 'm just about to go to bed and I thought I 'd ring and see how things are with you . ’ |
| 18 | Then , last year , my husband took it up and I thought I 'd have another go .. |
| 19 | He was getting ready to retire and I thought I 'd have lots of time with him . ’ |
| 20 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 21 | There was plenty of water now , and I thought I 'd explore the whole waterfront of Winter Marsh . |
| 22 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 23 | and it was quite tasty and I thought I 'd stick it in there |
| 24 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 25 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 26 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I pulled at it , jiggled it , checked the zero twice and I think I would have oiled the scales if I 'd had oil with me . |
| 28 | And I think I would recommend that , that we support that line . |
| 29 | And I think I 'd echo what David Walden said . |
| 30 | Erm er your third point was about the balance sheet and I think I 'd ask the finance director |