Example sentences of "i think [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yet when I first came , you tried to make me think your position here was untenable .
2 Why did I think her name was Susie ?
3 But I did n't er I think his teaching days , he was getting rather old and he did n't control us as he should have been able to .
4 Yes er I did er I think my wife and I both agreed that er the , the was , was quite
5 Ah , when you were walking about and said I 'm trying this out I thought it was erm I thought our exercise bike had come .
6 I thought their training and commitment to this task impressive . ’
7 I thought her life was now so happy and gay that she would n't be able to find it in herself to be uncivil to anyone , even to her grandmother .
8 I thought her tone was so overpowering . ’
9 I thought her hair was a lovely colour so I took the remains of the bottle and the other things , thanked her and returned next door .
10 I did like Esmerelda ( even if I thought her name was a bit soppy ) and played with her a lot when she came to stay .
11 But I thought her father 's name was Edward .
12 I thought yer ain bottle wis gettin' a wee thing on the low side and could dae wi' a refill . ’
13 This time I thought my heart would stop .
14 ‘ At one time I thought my vocation was to be a surgeon or doctor .
15 Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off .
16 I thought my secretary told you to meet me at the house in Edinburgh ?
17 I thought my friend was going to get a hiding .
18 I thought my friend , Irena , was joking when she dragged me , sloshing and sliding , towards the highway .
19 I thought my memory had n't played me wrong . ’
20 For a minute I thought my luck had changed and something good had happened , like Malpass had had a heart attack and I had a corpse in the back .
21 Last time I half dug it up myself and I thought my back was going to go .
22 I thought my god I use Pampers all the time
23 For a moment I thought my accent had not been understood .
24 She hauled me out of the room and virtually pulled me up the stairs : I thought my shoulder would come out of its socket .
25 I thought my shoulder would come out of its socket .
26 I thought my mistress was going to marry you , ’ said Gabriel sympathetically .
27 and I thought my sister did .
28 Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself .
29 anorexic , I thought my mum was anorexic when I went home the other day .
30 I thought my red . ’
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