Example sentences of "'d think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 2 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 3 | Which , she 'd thought at the time , were appropriate registration letters for her cousin Paul Gray 's car , missing now for nearly two weeks . |
| 4 | She 'd thought at one time that it might be serious , be love or something weird like that , she 'd even thought they could get married . |
| 5 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 6 | That was what he 'd thought of every morning since he 'd first started feeding them with Mrs Wright 's grain . |
| 7 | He 'd thought of a way , how he could get out without his Mum and Dad knowing . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd thought of that . ’ |
| 9 | And going away , he 'd thought of that too . |
| 10 | It was that easy I wish I 'd thought of it myself . |
| 11 | He 'd thought of her constantly , hoping she still worked for the Bradford family , and the invitation to Christmas dinner with them had caused him more elation than Maud , his wife , though he had n't dared show it . |
| 12 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 13 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 14 | Three hearty hurrahs , therefore , for the inventors of the GuitaRest , the kind of ultra-neat idea that keeps you awake at night wishing that you 'd thought of it . |
| 15 | Lord Tebbit tells me he has still to agree on his luxury — ‘ the BBC seem to be rather narrow-minded about some of the luxuries I 'd thought of . ’ |
| 16 | A great gimmick and I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 17 | I thought I 'd thought of that first . ’ |
| 18 | Actually , I chew on a piece of mozzarella and merely wish that I 'd thought of bringing a silver pistol , because , let's face it , Dudley Moore played Patch the Elf in the 40-million-dollar Santa Claus — The Movie which unlike say Ishtar or Hudson Hawk , is consistently unbearable for every single one of its sad seconds . |
| 19 | It meant she remembered , did n't it , that she 'd thought of you ? ’ |
| 20 | I would have called Clelia Clara if I 'd thought of it , but I did n't . |
| 21 | Hitherto , she 'd thought of him as a friend ; a kind friend , far above her station . |
| 22 | Ruth 's heart jumped ; escape was precisely what she 'd thought of , at the mere mention of Fincara . |
| 23 | As I entered the room I wished I 'd thought of phoning a desperate SOS to James . |
| 24 | ‘ If things had gone differently , I 'd thought of extending my holiday , but now there does n't seem much point . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd thought of that . ’ |
| 26 | Carson had only just put the phone down after trying to get Alison 's number from Enquiries , but as he 'd waited for his call to be taken he 'd thought of her , perhaps contemptuous of his anxiety and annoyed by his persistence , and he 'd hung up without even making his request . |
| 27 | Very apt , I wish I 'd thought of it . |
| 28 | I knew you 'd thought of something , and when you asked for extra milk it was n't hard to guess what it was . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It is — I just wish I 'd thought of it years ago . ’ |
| 30 | If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’ |