Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] that his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords erm I would only hope that I would be able to do something to my Noble Friend in trying to persuade him that it is n't all that bad erm My Lords I do agree with him though when you I , I think that I 'd be first of all w were to tell him that er not that he would n't be surprised that I thought that his amendment was n't actually necessary , but I do understand his concern , I mean he tries to find his way through the legislation . |
| 2 | He was well dressed but had no hat and I noticed that his hair was thin . |
| 3 | He was born around the Darlington area and I heard that his family once had money , but lost it in some way . |
| 4 | When General Ayub Khan said , ‘ Martial Law is now imposed , ’ both cousin Zafar and I understood that his voice — that voice filled with power and decision and the rich timbre of my aunt 's finest cooking — was speaking a thing for which we knew only one word : treason . |
| 5 | I was very relieved to discover that was all he was worrying about , because I knew that his blindness made no difference at all to my love for him . |
| 6 | It was a day or two before I realized that his behaviour was becoming more than a little frenetic , to say the least . |
| 7 | The Feldwebel had not moved and I looked all the way up his black leather jack-boots and the thin grey greatcoat with its cheap tin buttons looking as if they had come out of a Christmas pudding before I noticed that his eyes were slightly open and that he was watching me with an uncle 's amusement . |