Example sentences of "i thought the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I thought the other girl was good . |
| 2 | I thought the best thing to do was spare Oliver 's blushes , so I murmured something about getting off to work . |
| 3 | I thought the best thing to be , before this went any further , was brisk . |
| 4 | Oh I thought the blonde girl was a |
| 5 | I thought the long fingering of man should was a lovely expression |
| 6 | I thought the second half of it was hilarious I 've read it before . |
| 7 | I thought the cunning bastard was finished with me but his hand remained vicelike on my shoulder . |
| 8 | Physically she 's the epitome , almost a caricature of the male fantasy dream girl , and I was stupid enough to endow her with all the other attributes I thought the perfect woman should have . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought the weary traveller might be dehydrated again , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I thought the Great War had begun all over again . " |
| 11 | ‘ I thought the Labour candidate was very pretty , did n't you dear ? |
| 12 | ‘ But I thought the recent Act of Parliament had stopped all that , ’ Catherine said . |
| 13 | Having just returned from this delightful island where the people are so friendly and courteous and where the cost of living is much less than in the UK , I thought the following information could be helpful . |
| 14 | ‘ I was sick of seeing myself on television , so I thought the poor public , how are they going to cope . |
| 15 | Though I thought the above observation worthy of a mini-publication , it might be said that it was not all that surprising . |
| 16 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 17 | Eventually I thought the only way I could control what I was doing was to decide on one specific charity — I chose Muscular Dystrophy — and work just with them , which is what I did . |
| 18 | So , it was , it was , I , a as soon as I knew I 'd be teaching this I thought the only way |
| 19 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 20 | I thought the new deck at ibrox was big until i saw it . |
| 21 | I thought the first half was funnier than the second half . |
| 22 | In the first worked example I thought the female carer had an underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance and the carer 's premium . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought the big film was marvellous , ’ Maggie enthused . |
| 24 | I thought the Conservative budget is a contemptible budget the people in the people voting or an increase in nursery provision increase in educational provision this is what we are trying to give , the Conservative party are trying to claw back , to cutting our budget , by two point six million pounds , that is not what people voted for and is not what people want . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought the High Court had done that . ’ |
| 26 | So I thought the shorter journey would be better . |
| 27 | I mean , I thought the original Turrican was great , but the sequel just blows it away . |
| 28 | I thought the role-play exercise was particularly stimulating . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought the fresh air — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |