Example sentences of "because i thought [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They never get a feedback saying , thanks for those comments but I 've those because , because I thought somebody else 's
2 He was angry because of the circumstances ; I was angry because I thought we were going to be robbed of the Open .
3 The crowd gently goaded him by chanting : ‘ Kenny what 's the score ? ’ and afterwards Dalglish admitted : ‘ I am disappointed we did n't get anything from the match because I thought we played well enough .
4 And a lot of the book is concerned with developing this theme , and that I thought came out quite well in the classes , so I wo n't bother to repeat all that , because I thought we did that fairly thoroughly in , in the class .
5 I was seething at your sign person because I thought we have no way of doing this for about at least two months
6 I re do regret that this has come to full council yet again because I thought we 'd already had the debate .
7 ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’
8 At first she did not let them in ‘ because I thought they were drunks from the pub next door ’ .
9 To tell you the truth , before I went to prison I used to meet people who had been to prison and I did n't want to talk to them because I thought they were funny .
10 It was I who decided to remove our troops from the Gulf , because I thought they 'd become more of an irritant than a stabilising factor .
11 ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm .
12 Because I thought she was peculiar . ’
13 I was a bit nervous , because I thought she might go for me , but I crawled into the cage and put a slip lead on her .
14 I did n't want to tell her because I thought she 'd give up .
15 ‘ At first I did n't bother to make a run , because I thought there was no point .
16 Because I thought there were complaints about foreign carols .
17 Yeah , well I du n no , do it all properly I must do all my bits and pieces tonight , I have n't done them this week , oh let's have a look at the poll tax , because I thought there was one more , I 'm sure there is
18 There 's the there 's the names there 's the stone erm the allot I 'll deal with the stone for the last because I thought there might be more discussion on that .
19 ‘ Look , Dorothy , I hired you because I thought you might shake the place up a bit , so if you are unhappy here , that 's at least partly my fault .
20 Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying
21 Because I thought you 'd have said goodbye . ’
22 M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him .
23 I was only teasing you because I thought you were just like the rest of them .
24 And I thought , ‘ I really want this job ’ , so I said , ‘ Well , I 'm so disappointed , because I thought you were a gambler ’ .
25 Because I thought you might have changed .
26 ‘ I said that to … to get back at you , because I thought you were ashamed of it , ’ she admitted , beginning to feel slightly guilty .
27 And yet when is it , when were you working there because I thought you said you 'd finished .
28 I asked her to phone because I thought you might just recognise my voice and as we did n't part on the best of terms … ’
29 Not at the time no it did n't it bothered me when it was done because I thought you 've probably done something and the outcome would be that so at the time it did n't bother me because I was n't interested in the situation
30 A dress I , I sent off for two sizes , I 'm glad I did now because I thought you know that the small one would be okay for them , but it 's not , there 's the hat
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