Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friend , a widow , was on the point of saying if he could n't attend , neither could she , when it occurred to me that I had no engagements for the weekend in question . |
| 2 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 3 | I was very green and , to be honest , when Ricky McFarlane quit St Mirren it never occurred to me that I had a chance of getting the job . |
| 4 | It just occurred to me that I do n't how many children Mr and Mrs Thomas had , but the only one who 's remembered is Dylan . |
| 5 | ‘ Sweetie what can I do for you that I did n't already ? |
| 6 | ‘ You believe Emma is suffering , but it does n't matter to you that I 've worries of my own to contend with . |
| 7 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 8 | I had hinted to him that I had been engaged on a paper to be called ‘ Enslavement by Capital ’ , a title adapted from one employed by Ezra Pound in a Criterion article called more characteristically , ‘ Murder by Capital ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ There are things I should have said to you that I did n't . |
| 10 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
| 11 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 12 | Joseph said : ‘ Well , just make sure you impress on her that I had nothing to do with any murder and she is not to suggest it . ’ |
| 13 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 14 | ‘ Has n't it ever occurred to you that I find you repulsive — that I 'd rather be kissed by a lizard than you ? ’ |
| 15 | But in saying that I 'll go ahead , I 'll go ahead with what Robert said although it seems as if erm between us we picked up on a lot of things , there was some objections that Martin threw at you that I thought you handled particularly well . |
| 16 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |
| 17 | I confess to him that I have never done Kipling Groove and he launches into a celebration of Arthur Dolphin 's famous classic . |
| 18 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 19 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
| 20 | It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous . |
| 21 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 22 | It appears to me that I have collected his and everyone else 's quota of the annoying little bastards , so I return to my trench , wrap myself up , and sleep fitfully until I am awakened to take my turn on guard . |
| 23 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 24 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 25 | It seems to me that I wore glasses before I wore zinc and castor oil cream . |
| 26 | It seems to me that I wore glasses before I wore zinc-and-castor-oil cream . |
| 27 | ‘ It seems to me that I 've got enough . |
| 28 | Sir , i having listened to the discussion nearly two two days , two and a half days , it seems to me that I come very firmly with the conclusion that the A f A fifty nine , the A nineteen north and B one three six corridors are simply not practical . |
| 29 | I do not think that I am claiming any particular credit if it seems to me that I have traversed writing in all forms , as best I could . |
| 30 | I understand now , though , and it seems to me that I have no need whatever to rush into anything . |