Example sentences of "thought we 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought we 'd give him some work this time . ’ |
| 2 | So we thought we 'd riffle through the rails of leading dancewear manufacturers to find something a shade more exciting than saggy tracksuit bottoms . |
| 3 | ‘ He said , ‘ let's try my method , you 've had the SMG , now try going to the top person and everything will be OK , ’ ' says Ramesh K. ‘ After the amount of hassle we 'd had , we thought we 'd give it a go . ’ |
| 4 | We thought we 'd have a nice family evening in front of the television . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I thought we 'd have a good laugh when you came in , ’ she complained . |
| 6 | We thought we 'd run over to Low Riding and make sure Mike was all right . |
| 7 | We thought we 'd go and help ! |
| 8 | We thought we 'd set an example . |
| 9 | They were the years in which we began to grow up ; in which we started to discover who it was we thought we 'd like to be ; in which our earliest ( and therefore longest-lasting ) preferences in love , music , pleasure were formed . |
| 10 | Ted thought we 'd have made short work of a mere hundred thousand Hun . |
| 11 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
| 12 | Funny , we never thought we 'd be Sixth , did we ? |
| 13 | ‘ For a while I thought we 'd go down because of it . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we 'd go for a drive and put her through her paces , ’ he suggested . |
| 15 | I never thought we 'd see this day . |
| 16 | Rather than examine just one of Tony Revell 's acoustics , we thought we 'd take a look at two instead . |
| 17 | Steve Brown 's name came up , and we thought we 'd do one track with him , but we got on great , which solved that problem . |
| 18 | Clem Shaw , the maker of Channel 4 's film for Cutting Edge , told the Times : ‘ We thought we 'd be looking at lots of ramblers trampling over delicate areas , but it turned out to be much more of a social perspective than an environmental one ; more of a political issue than I 'd intended . ’ |
| 19 | We decided to move the chairs out to make more room , but the acceptances kept coming in so we thought we 'd open the French windows and pray for a sunny day . ’ |
| 20 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 21 | We thought we 'd have an opportunity at subsequent meetings but , as I 've said , it was to be the only time that we all met together . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , I thought we 'd drive down to Stephanie 's . |
| 23 | Said a friend : ‘ It was two in the morning , we were drunk as hell and thought we 'd do a bit of shooting for a laugh . |
| 24 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 25 | And at that moment , the two people that usually took over from us came round the corner , poked their heads round and said ‘ Oh hello , fancy seeing you here , we just thought we 'd pop round to say goodbye . ’ |
| 26 | So with summer holiday time coming up we thought we 'd help the late planners among you with a few ideas on great areas to go walking . |
| 27 | So we thought we 'd walk to the next stop , and then we see this bag on the floor . |
| 28 | ‘ I never thought we 'd be able to keep her . |
| 29 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 30 | What with the Santa Cruz Operation 's new president Lars Turndal being the new kid on the block and a stranger to most of the people who 'll have to deal with him , we thought we 'd give a little of his background . |