Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 2 | As my French was better than Brian 's , we agreed that I would do the talking and that I 'd choose a moment when Mazzin was in one of his camarade moods so that neither of us would be starting from a point of anger . |
| 3 | When I joined the NCT , like most members , I did so because I wanted the best antenatal classes possible and it seemed that I would have the chance to meet new mothers and make new friends after the birth too . |
| 4 | I 'd look better blonde and I assumed that I could wash the colour out before my parents saw : I must have been naive to think that bleach would affect my hair differently from anything else . |
| 5 | So we arranged that I would let the name drop and you 'd work it out from there . ’ |
| 6 | So I then decided that I would join the army . |
| 7 | As Leslie was the only officer in the missing plane ( ironically the transport aircraft was a Stirling — the same name as his birthplace ) , I decided that I must take the lead among the families . |
| 8 | I fancied that I could see the lights of Porkkala to the south ; west — for the coast bends south along here — but Signe said that it would be too far away . |
| 9 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ added my mother hastily , as though she feared that I might take the chance to postpone the ceremony in order to accommodate the philadelphus , ‘ chrysanthemums are more reliable . |
| 10 | I was one and felt that I could conquer the world . |
| 11 | He heard that the old tray — the papier mâché tray — that used to hang there had fallen and got broken beyond repair and he knew that I would notice the gap . |
| 12 | As I drove the fifty or so miles back home I thought that I would rewrite the story , the history rather , of the Butcher . |
| 13 | I thought that I could do the same in sprinting . |
| 14 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |
| 15 | ‘ Goibniu suggested that I could mark the evenings by telling them tales of our travels , ’ Fenella said , remembering . |
| 16 | After , two women filed into the dock , and with a whisper of mock modesty an official suggested that I should leave the court as the case concerned prostitution . |