Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 2 | The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all . |
| 3 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 4 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 5 | So taken was I with this vision of perfect Iceland that I did not realise that I had walked into a skua colony , not , that is , until one fearless great skua hit me . |
| 6 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 7 | I did not say that I had irrefutable evidence . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not say that I intended to leave , ’ his father responded . |
| 9 | All that morning I was frightened that my sister would discover that I had stolen from her , but luckily she was so busy cleaning the house , and roasting the chickens for our Christmas lunch that she did not notice that I had been out , or that any food was missing . |
| 10 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 11 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 12 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
| 13 | I did n't realise that I had not completely accepted Zoe . |
| 14 | I did n't realise that I had lost it at the party . ’ |
| 15 | Oh I did n't feel that I had any gripes from our point of view . |
| 16 | I did n't mean that I meant when you look at a tree it 's sort of got |
| 17 | no I did n't , I did n't mean that , I did n't mean that I turned it over I 'm not gon na false out bloody conversation just for the sake of it |
| 18 | Back at home I did n't mention that I had barely escaped being branded as a melon thief ; but now , having ridden a bicycle , I realized that I would not be happy until I possessed one of my own . |
| 19 | Oh I did n't notice that I saw that thing in the car but I did n't notice a bracket . |
| 20 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
| 21 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know that I did . ’ |
| 23 | He , he did n't realize that I had more stacked in the other room ready to come out |
| 24 | no I did n't say that I did n't , I was n't doing |
| 25 | It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially . |
| 26 | I could have got away with murder that Saturday night , although under the present circumstances I had better add that I made no attempt to do so . |
| 27 | I had not realized that I looked so old and tired . |
| 28 | I was happy because I was now ‘ on the inside ’ , doing war-work and feeling , for the first time , that we were really a partnership ; and I was proud that I had grown more confident , and mature enough to take Leslie as he was , and no longer demanded — as he had once said that I did — that he be the White Knight . |
| 29 | I had also discovered that I had not put in with the ‘ essential documents ’ a vital letter — the one which contained Kathy and Len 's address , so here I was arriving in Perth , knowing nobody and without an address to go to ! |
| 30 | I had also discovered that I had never really loved him . ’ |