Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] [vb mod] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Back then , I naturally never thought I would be one day joining them as the support act .
2 I thought we would be lower mid-table in a comparatively comfortable position , but when you get 15 little things and you lump them together you get a better idea why we have n't done so well .
3 I answered my own question , and said that I thought we must be middle class , and reflected very precisely in that moment on my mother 's black waisted coat with the astrakhan collar , and her high-heeled black suede shoes , her lipstick .
4 It was alright actually , I was surprised I thought they would be complete jerks but they are okay .
5 In so far as they did see a coming energy source they thought it would be atomic energy , and they wrote the treaty that 's called the Euratom Treaty to cover this , but it did n't cover oil , and that is perhaps why it 's been a much less contentious subject .
6 ‘ I thought it would be some time tonight . ’
7 BELVILLE : [ aside ] The girl had good sense and I thought it would be some pleasure to watch by what gradation she might be made to rise into love .
8 He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her .
9 She thought it must be some busybody inspector-of-something-or-other .
10 ‘ Yes , but I thought it must be some arch or something that everybody had to stoop to go through .
11 Selwyn shrugged , ‘ I thought it could be another Doubt , maybe I 'm wrong . ’
12 Erm , we thought it 'd appeal to young people and we thought it 'd be great fun , which it was , and we raised er one thousand seven hundred pounds .
13 ‘ I told you , Cal — he just tagged along , and I thought he 'd be good ammunition against Mum and Dad . ’
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