Example sentences of "thought [pron] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought yours were same make . |
| 2 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
| 3 | He said well if you go and make the he said any time between now and Christmas , you 'll have to come and have a meal on the house , I thought I 'm bloody sure I will ! |
| 4 | So on one of these , I should n't be looking at that one , that 's what threw me cos first of all I did n't know you had n't got any income and then I turned that over and that was the previous policy where you were a veterinary surgeon with eighteen thousand , I thought I 'm sure that 's not right |
| 5 | I just thought I 'm sure I had more than that . |
| 6 | I thought I was late . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone thought I was marvellous to be back on the catwalk seven weeks after Amber was born . |
| 8 | Cos I thought I was cool |
| 9 | You teased me because you thought I was ignorant , and you were right . |
| 10 | As Heather was not a boy this latter did not really concern us , although I thought I was sure Blessed St John wept with the little one over the circumcision he had , of course , had himself . |
| 11 | Charles would tease me if he thought I was worrying about my weight ; he likes curvy women with big breasts , Nicola once confided in me . |
| 12 | ‘ But you thought I was pregnant … ’ |
| 13 | I thought I was pregnant . ’ |
| 14 | Oh she thought I was pregnant . |
| 15 | Her eyes fixed widely on his , despair and unhappiness in their depths , she asked miserably , ‘ You said you wanted me ; how could you do that if you thought I was selfish and self-centred ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I was famed for not having an aversion to the media , but I am sure every virtue can be turned into a vice . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Up to that stage , ’ he said , ‘ I thought I was invincible . |
| 18 | Before I came to prison I thought I was introspective but ten minutes here and there is not enough to answer some of these questions |
| 19 | And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once . |
| 20 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 21 | YOU THOUGHT I WAS FATTY FIL ! |
| 22 | ‘ Willie Maddren , for some reason , thought I was big-headed . |
| 23 | And I thought I was unlucky , ’ she said huskily . |
| 24 | I do n't know where they got my name , or why they thought I was suitable material for their article . ’ |
| 25 | I remember imagining I was going to the market to buy food , and suddenly felt this agonising pain in my bottom , and saw my skirt all ripped , and blood — I thought I was revolted , and yet it was followed by masturbation . |
| 26 | I was in love with her , as much in love as I thought I was capable of being . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've learnt to do so much more than I ever thought I was capable of , from mixing cement and laying bricks , to walking 200km in a fortnight , ’ said Kirsten . |
| 28 | As soon as I realised they thought I was knackered from the same route they had just walked , I was speechless with indignation . |
| 29 | And I thought I was knackered ! |
| 30 | ‘ I thought I was paranoid too , ’ John says . |