Example sentences of "thought [pron] might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought someone might ask her questions , but she was saved by the arrival of their director . |
| 2 | I thought someone might get a couple of black eyes or something . |
| 3 | ‘ Only that I thought I might move house in a couple of years . |
| 4 | Well I thought I might accompany it with another equally short poem , which is also about a child . |
| 5 | Mother was a grand player , of course … much better than I ever was … but she thought I might do better if someone else taught me , and she was such a busy person with all those old people to care for and Daddy ailing like he was . |
| 6 | I thought I might do it like that . |
| 7 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 8 | " Well , as to the holes , that was something I thought I might mention . |
| 9 | " I thought I might make coffee for them all before I go . |
| 10 | Thought I might make the next course ‘ Patterns of Light and Shade ’ . ’ |
| 11 | And he looked at me , as if he thought I might laugh . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I might cook you something … ’ |
| 14 | I thought I might price some this morning , ’ she says . |
| 15 | ’ I thought I might splurge my lump sum on a cruise this year , ’ she said . |
| 16 | She was walking her dog past the house just now and I thought I might bring her in . |
| 17 | really but seeing as I know her erm I thought I might give her a ring . |
| 18 | It 'll be so hot I thought I might rent a place in the country , but it might be a waste of money . |
| 19 | ‘ Thought I might go along as well , ’ said Moreau casually . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I might go to America and help the anti-draft students around the Army camps , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I might go and talk in factories . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I might go shopping , or visit St. Paul 's . ’ |
| 23 | I thought I might go ; perhaps in the first week of the holiday . ’ |
| 24 | And I guess my mother thought I might go the same way . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I might go upstream a bit and wash off some of this dirt , ’ she said evenly , fingering her hair distastefully . |
| 26 | I thought I might receive a visit from someone — but from security , not the police , checking up . ’ |
| 27 | " But I thought I might catch them in the act . |
| 28 | I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead . |
| 29 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 30 | She thought I might know the right channels . ’ |