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The phrase "thought would be" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to express the idea that you expected something to happen in the past, but the opposite happened. For example: "I thought he would be happy about the news, but instead, he was angry."
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The one Netflix comedy series that some thought would be nominated, "Arrested Development," was not.
A scarier thought would be hard to fathom.
"He told me what he was thinking, which I thought would be great.
That, I thought, would be that.
Eyebrows, I thought, would be good.
The waterfront, she thought, would be safe.
A fire, he thought, would be nice.
My older daughter, I thought, would be furious.
He chased the happiness others thought would be fulfilling.
" 'Barbary Shore,' he thought, would be the end of him.
"What I thought would be the answer is not.
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