Example sentences of "thought [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I thought I 'd best get as far from Dalston as I could , so I came this side of London Bridge and looked for lodgings . |
| 3 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’ |
| 5 | Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers ' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman , star of stage and commercial , I thought I 'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard . |
| 6 | Er I was still slobbing around in my dressing-gown and you know yesterday 's clothes and so I I I thought I 'd better get up and do stuff . |
| 7 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 8 | So when you showed us you did n't want to hear about your mother , we thought — well , we thought we 'd better go along with you . |
| 9 | Jarvis thought he had better get on with it himself because anyone Tina found would very likely default on the rent . |