Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You know , I do n't think I saw a single frame . ’ |
2 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
3 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
4 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
5 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
6 | You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’ |
7 | I would have thought you needed a nice oomph at the end . |
8 | ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding . |
9 | I do n't think they got a true picture , especially not of C1 , because the staff reacted in a helluva different way to when the cameras were n't there . |
10 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
11 | I thought I heard a thankless boy raising his voice against those that clothed him and suckled him and spent out a fortune on the making of him . |
12 | Farmer-Patrick admitted : ‘ I thought I ran a good race . |
13 | Farmer-Patrick admitted : ‘ I thought I ran a good race . |
14 | Perhaps it was an effect of the screen , but I thought I saw a flush rise on her throat . |
15 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
16 | Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood . |
17 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
18 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
19 | ‘ I thought I had a good chance of winning in the end , ’ Vrabel said . |
20 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |
21 | However , he then faded from the scene and afterwards said : ‘ I had a lot of clutch trouble and I 'm bitterly disappointed for I thought I had a real chance . ’ |
22 | After a decade spent watching the workings of the modern monarchy , writing numerous books , and pontificating on TV and radio around the world about the royal family , I thought I had a solid knowledge of the subject . |
23 | He probably thought I had a soft heart . |
24 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
25 | I thought I detected a faint smile on his lips , but I did not smile back because my heart was in a turmoil . |
26 | I thought I detected a knowing smile on the face of the Scouse as he ignored his critics , the flies , the mosquitoes , the smells , and settled into his armchair at the entrance to the latrine . |
27 | I thought you had a long Christmas break ? |
28 | I thought you had a good chance there . ’ |
29 | ‘ I thought you had a king-sized crush on that singer we had at the club three weeks ago . |
30 | Oh I thought you said a running car then . |