Example sentences of "thought i [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No being what I thought I was a man in those days I was n't really interested in them , but I know there was competitions and er I believe there was different numbers posted on windows and if you got the right number you got a prize but I remember Palfry Park I 'm having trouble with my eyes I 've got over-active tear ducts and |
| 2 | I thought I was a gonner , ’ he said weakly and tried a smile which became a grimace . |
| 3 | The man thought I was a thief , Lori , ’ she said shortly . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I was a bird of paradise before , but that was in the flow of what never quite materialised — that new play ? |
| 5 | They thought I was a child like Edmund … but the older girls … ’ |
| 6 | She readily admits " Many people thought I was a bit forward . |
| 7 | And of course he came to see my father , and my father thought I was a bit young . |
| 8 | And he thought I was a bit young . |
| 9 | I know , I thought I was a bit . |
| 10 | I think he thought I was a nurse or hospital official . |
| 11 | She thought I was a gardener , |
| 12 | I always looked very young for my age and from his manner I suspected he thought I was a schoolgirl . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I was a goner , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I was a goner , Lady Luck was with me , ’ said Perrett . |
| 15 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 16 | I had long hair , then my mum cut it off and it was really short , so I think everyone thought I was a boy anyway . |
| 17 | On our first meeting he thought I was a removal man working for Frank and Salome who had gone on to higher things ( mainly higher rates , mortgage repayments , so fourth , so fifth ) . |
| 18 | She said I thought I was a week out she said . |
| 19 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 20 | I would have laughed , because the fucking loony thought I was a pianist . |