Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [that] [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of November 1983 , I announced that I was going to head an inquiry into occupational pensions . |
| 2 | I was talking to friends when I realized that someone was watching me . |
| 3 | Then I realized that she was trying to push him away . |
| 4 | Then I realized that he was wounded , and could not run ; and that he carried a sword in his hand . |
| 5 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 6 | It was then that I realized that he was going to leave me on my own . |
| 7 | Yesterday evening , for instance , I realized that I was smiling to myself ( I was thinking about writing this minute ! ) and it set off a substantial debate , conducted entirely in silence . |
| 8 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 9 | The radio was silent and I realized that it was coming from outside . |
| 10 | I realised that I was driving far too aggressively for my own , and any other road user 's , good . |
| 11 | The more I researched , the more I realised that I was missing the dog that did n't bark — and that was all the stuff that was being done by women to men , that nobody wanted to talk about . |
| 12 | I shouted that I was going to call the police . ’ |
| 13 | Then I found that something was nudging at my memory . |
| 14 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 15 | I found that I was trying to achieve two somewhat incompatible objectives . |
| 16 | I found that I was trembling . |
| 17 | I 'd had some sailing instruction before on Lake Bala , in a larger Wayfarer which has room for two people and an instructor , but I found that I was tending to leave the thinking to my partner and the instructor , and just doing what I was told without knowing why . |
| 18 | Without noticing its onset I found that I was crying and I went on crying until I slept . |
| 19 | To my surprise , I found that I was running towards the battle . |
| 20 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 21 | Normally he would n't touch a job as small as the cottage , but I once did a favour for his father , and when I mentioned that I was having trouble finding someone to do the job he volunteered . ’ |
| 22 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 23 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 24 | [ … ] And I saw a man who was holding a stick , and I believed that he was going to castigate the bad violins , for I heard many of them … |
| 25 | I noticed that she was crying . |
| 26 | I noticed that he was starting to smell . |
| 27 | I forgot that someone was living illegally in Paris on the floor of my home and demanding a large sum of money to leave . |
| 28 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |
| 29 | Asked where I lived , I replied that I was staying in my parents ' flat in Knightsbridge . |
| 30 | When I confirmed that it was called the Skein of Geese , she pulled out one of those little books of matches they give away in such places and said : ‘ The same as this , you mean ? ’ |