Example sentences of "thought we would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it 's a knitted or fabric item , suitable fillings will be required so we thought we would tell you about a couple of products from Abbey Quilting Ltd , a company which specialises in wadding and filling products for craftwork . |
| 2 | ‘ BR used to organise these type of specials themselves but when they stopped doing them we thought we would step in , ’ added one of the organisers , Lancaster Railman Nigel Bryer . |
| 3 | Halstead Rotaract treasurer Emma Samms said : ‘ We thought we would do something different to mark the 25th anniversary of Rotaract . ’ |
| 4 | There was a pause , and he obviously thought we would go . |
| 5 | One day , in an elated mood , we thought we would give Eliot a surprise . |
| 6 | ‘ When Andy Saville broke his arm after signing two weeks ago a lot of people thought we would give up , but we pushed the boat out and bought John Thomas . |
| 7 | So we thought we would form one , just to see what happened . |
| 8 | ‘ We thought we would bring her over here for her first one , ’ he said . |
| 9 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 10 | We could n't sport the name of Dark or Phillips or Brown or Davies or any other Worcester paddler who went out to give their all but we thought we would have a go . |
| 11 | ‘ We have stopped taking new people on to it , and thought we would have to close it altogether . ’ |
| 12 | Manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ I thought we would have got a few back after our last few results , but this seems to be par for the course lately . ’ |
| 13 | We thought we would have to move in order to realise the money locked into our home . ’ |
| 14 | I thought we would have a special party , just the two of us . ’ |
| 15 | India in their home country are very tough and I always thought we would have a difficult task here . |
| 16 | Faith Hillman and I thought we would enjoy this unique opportunity to fly over twenty countries , retracing the ‘ Empire Air Route ’ flown by mail carriers sixty years ago . |
| 17 | He 's always been a gentle little soul , very loving and friendly with everyone , but as he had to spend 3–4 hours every day on his own at home , we thought we would get another dog as company for him . |
| 18 | I never thought we would get anything like that sum , but the nature of the charity obviously struck home . |
| 19 | Coffee we said we thought we would get her some coffee while we were here did n't we ? |
| 20 | so this time I thought we would look at some of the knit options that are available to us from within the 9000 program . |
| 21 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 22 | Well the thing was , because we bought a box and the box was a bit flimsy , I thought we would put the new fish food into the old pot , you see . |
| 23 | Since we had to renew so much of the timber , we thought we would turn that to good account , rather than trying to We do n't want it to look as if it 's five hundred years old . |
| 24 | When we equalised I thought we would begin to walk it but almost immediately ( it seemed ) Wednesday were back in front . |
| 25 | ‘ Thought we would let the girls have the tea , ’ he laughed as he held the jar aloft . |
| 26 | ‘ After Gavin slotted over those first three kicks we never thought we would lose , ’ said the hooker . |
| 27 | But a leading member of his Cabinet revealed the panic in the Tory leadership by admitting : ‘ We thought we would lose throughout the day . ’ |
| 28 | She had promoted herself into the film 's second editor , and slowed it down to normal at the bits she liked , and thought we would appreciate . |
| 29 | We thought we 'd go and help ! |
| 30 | ‘ For a while I thought we 'd go down because of it . |