Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I thought I should go , ’ she retorted . |
| 3 | I THOUGHT I should draw your attention to the Merseyside Pro Life Chain which was held in October , in the Liverpool city centre . |
| 4 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 5 | That 's what I thought I should think dad 'll come home now that he 's gone . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I should tell you , ’ Keith says . |
| 7 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
| 8 | I thought I should 've got some er compensation anyway or something . |
| 9 | Anyway he looked like that he had a red car and he was sitting in the car and he put them down like that and they were like that in the car and after I thought I should 've popped at her house see if she 's wearing that in the house I thought you git . |
| 10 | I thought I should start packing his clothes straight away but decided to wait till after the funeral . |
| 11 | I thought I should clap my hands and shatter the scene , send the cat leaping into the bushes where the snakes lay coiled , send the quail flapping into the house and safety . |
| 12 | He himself had gone to University College , Oxford , so he thought I should apply there , because I would have a greater chance of getting in . |
| 13 | I simply thought I should warn you that they were effectively in a garret … |
| 14 | As soon as we got there , I started yelling for I was really scared , thought I should drown , but the grown-ups just laughed and off we slid , down the steep slope to hit the water with a mighty splash , then gently floated to the other side of the pool to disembark . |
| 15 | So I thought I should try to stop smoking and lose some weight . ’ |
| 16 | I thought she 'd be shocked but she was n't , although she said she thought I should try to forget him because it would only mean unhappiness for me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You thought I should write — after what you said ! ’ she exclaimed , while her heartbeats dully settled , for clearly he was more concerned with where the devil she had got to than with her in particular . |
| 18 | ( Except for English of course , which is the highlight of my day ) I thought I should put that in to please my English teacher and even up my grade . |
| 19 | Before I return to more mundane matters , I thought I should let you have a quick report on the EEB conference in Copenhagen . |
| 20 | I thought I should let you know how valuable I think the analysis is to the conservation movement , and how helpful it is to be able to lend weight to a fresh strategy , such as that proposed in the paper . |
| 21 | Perhaps we should decline the invitation to join the forum and just keep a watching brief , but I thought I should let you know of its existence and purpose , I would be interested to know if you think there is a suitable person in your branch who would be able and interested in representing CPRW on the forum . |
| 22 | I therefore thought I should let you have a commentary on the proposals for amending the regulations , which I have received from the World- Wide Fund for Nature 's European Office , with which we are working closely . |
| 23 | Our doctor just thought I should let someone know , just in case . ’ |
| 24 | She was quiet and calm , and did n't talk much ( I was supposed to do the talking ) and she said she thought I should come every week , and told me how much it would cost . |
| 25 | I was floating overhead — I was n't visible to the daleks and I thought I should come down and see what the Awful Warning was . |
| 26 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 27 | The sun had gone down , all my work was done , and I thought I should like an apple . |
| 28 | I often thought I should like to have been taught by someone like him . ’ |
| 29 | Not that the editor of Granta took any special interest in me , of course ; but the direct-mail boffins at Britain 's chunkiest literary magazine thought I should subscribe . |
| 30 | However , I have to confess that as you were a new arrival and not one of us into the bargain , I thought I should glance at your first letter or two home … |