Example sentences of "[pron] thought [pers pn] must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | We had passed so close to the Dutchman that I thought we must have run over his foot . |
2 | ‘ I thought they must have had a quarrel , ’ Brand said , and I had the impression he was n't heartbroken about it . ’ |
3 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
4 | I thought it must have knocked itself so I treated with Curazin . |
5 | ‘ I thought it must have been a road block because one said to the other : ‘ Go for it ’ and they speeded up . |
6 | I thought it must have been . |
7 | I thought you must feel the same . |
8 | But I thought you must know that . ’ |
9 | So I thought you must know what you were doing . ’ |
10 | I thought you must have scared him off … . ’ |
11 | ‘ I thought you must have done . ’ |
12 | ‘ When it took you so long to get here , I thought you must have gone on up to his place with him , but I suppose Nicky Kai is still in residence . |
13 | ‘ I thought you must have had an accident — I even checked out the hospitals this morning . ’ |
14 | Cos I said I 'm really surprised , I said I thought you must come at least every week cos she seems to be so confident in the water . |
15 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
16 | I know , it 's just that I remembered picking milk up this morning to make Maggie a drink , and there did n't seem a lot so I thought I must remember |
17 | I have n't sent it because I thought I must read it to the meeting . |
18 | I thought I must kill it immediately — but how ? |
19 | I thought I must join some service which is considered sufficiently hazardous , because when I am conscripted I can say I do n't wish to fight but I am ready to do my part in National Service . |
20 | To begin with I thought I must force myself to be matter-of-fact , not let his abnormality take control of the situation . |
21 | Cos I got them out and I thought I must take them downstairs and give them to Maggie for her to give them to Gary . |
22 | Then she slumped back in her chair , mouthing the nicotine-dosed chewing gum she used instead of cigarettes , and I thought I must have imagined an intensity of which she was surely incapable . |
23 | ‘ Gabriel , perhaps I should n't have come , but I — I thought I must have offended you , and that 's why you 're going away . ’ |
24 | When I came down here , I thought I must have known who it was . |
25 | We stayed on board and we went up on to every deck and there was even a gentleman , he showed us up on the bridge on that er on that and , and of course there was the little shop and I bought I thought I must buy something on the Queen Elizabeth and I bought a pen . |
26 | I just saw it , I thought I must buy that . |
27 | I thought he must do . |
28 | For an absurd and alarming moment I thought he must mean the woman of the glove . |
29 | I thought he must have left it in that place round the point , Halfway House . |
30 | This morning he followed ‘ Hi ’ with ‘ How 's life treats you ? , ’ so I thought he must have learned more English while I was away . |