Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] i [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking . |
2 | It is exactly the sort of corkscrew I always use but the room was so dark and I so flurried that I drove it in sideways and broke the cork . |
3 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |
4 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
5 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |