Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then replied loftily that I wished to make ‘ a certain suggestion to him ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 3 | ‘ You thought perhaps that I had forgotten about your existence ? ’ |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I knew then that I had to box it up . |
| 5 | I knew then that I had walked into a situation from which there would be no escape . |
| 6 | I said once that I wanted to make love to you , not go to bed with you , and I seem to remember that I emphasised the point . |
| 7 | I often wished later that I had named Trotsky instead , because his principles were more in accord with the way I felt about the place by the time I left , but at that time I had never even heard of him . |