Example sentences of "[vb past] i that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game . |
| 2 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 3 | ‘ Mrs McDougall asked me that , ’ I said . |
| 4 | ‘ Ernest asked me that . |
| 5 | ‘ You asked me that . |
| 6 | ‘ The police asked me that , too , and honestly , I just ca n't remember . |
| 7 | I am so glad that the hon. Member for Derby , North asked me that question — |
| 8 | The police asked me that as well . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm glad you asked me that . ’ |
| 10 | I , he asked me the one , you know , we were on about this morning , the only one we looked at , fifty miles an hour and he asked me that one and I knew it . |
| 11 | Erm Anthony Anthony got me that . |
| 12 | ‘ She never promised me that first time , so she 's never broken her promise to me yet . |
| 13 | ‘ Banyon promised me that , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Do n't be daft , I hate 'em I would n't go if he invited me that 's right |
| 15 | He advised me that normal meningitis , the kind that affects young kids , is much worse . |
| 16 | One of the girls at school assured me that unbaptised infants were sent not to hell , but to limbo . |
| 17 | He assured me that , although prone to grazing when young , once the wild gladiolus reached a certain height they were largely ignored . |
| 18 | But he told me that , in the eyes of the law , theft is actually a lesser charge than handling stolen goods If there were n't people handling stolen goods then nobody would nick things in the first place . |
| 19 | Many other women I spoke to told me that for protection from racial attacks it was essential to have Asian neighbours . |
| 20 | Even in the nuclear family , women told me that certain jobs should never be done by a man , they were not Izzat wali kam ( i.e. jobs of honour ) or they were not manly , and predictably these tasks included almost all household chores . |
| 21 | They told me that sexual examination is a routine part of the entry certificate procedure at British Diplomatic missions in the Indian subcontinent . |
| 22 | As we talked at the reception in the garden behind Downing Street , Patrick told me that , instead of a debate at the Party Conference next month , he and his ministerial team had been asked to answer questions from the floor . |
| 23 | ‘ You never told me that , Marie . |
| 24 | She told me that . |
| 25 | He told me that himself . |
| 26 | He told me that . ’ |
| 27 | Inside , the elderly English upper-class proprietor told me that true Communism only survives in Albania . |
| 28 | Yes , he told me that , though I never met Sibelius personally . |
| 29 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 30 | A former student promoter told me that , when he was unable to pay Dury in cash , ‘ he threatened to have me chain-whipped by one of his companions whom he said had recently been released from prison ’ . |