Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mind you , my elder daughter takes a lot more responsibility for herself than I did at that age . ’
2 His reply was he 'd do the same — so I knew from that moment onwards he was the man for me . ’
3 No , what I meant , is if saying that if I camped onto that number over there 3414 , and if that phone becomes free , this phone starts ringing and I might be doing something , so by the time I 've picked it up to make that connection , suppose 3414 is then making another outgoing call , do I have to camp on yet again to 3414 ?
4 He 'd then possibly forgotten these dreams or fantasies and then when the stimulus of feeling something on the back of his neck happened to him whilst asleep , suddenly the fantasy came back , all as a piece as it were , and it occurred to me that your dream about driving off viaducts might be caused by being asleep , having one of these falling experiences , then relating it to previous thoughts you 'd had , you know on the freeway or something , oh my God , how awful it would be if I , if I drove off that bend below , do you know what I mean ?
5 ‘ What would you give me if I stood on that boulder on one leg ? ’ asked Christopher , eyeing a small rock on the extreme edge of the cliff .
6 Yeah cos I went in that shop and I put on a size ten skirt and it was hanging .
7 ‘ I 've had something like it in mind ever since I sang in that charity concert last year .
8 She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it .
9 As a matter of fact , before I left on that Friday evening I bought a painting from her — The Blind Gypsy — for my mother 's birthday . ’
10 I said an er I said do you think that I was n't a career woman , I said I gave it all up for yo er to have to look after my young babies and then when the babies were no longer young , when I got through that phase of my life I went back and combined looking after a home very adequately , thank you !
11 When I walked into that church hall I was unaware of what was to come next .
12 because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch .
13 Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines
14 When I went to that stress management course we were told to use physical resources like deep breathing and actually making yourself sit down and making yourself go floppy .
15 When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better .
16 Well the thing is I ca n't handle rum cos when I went to that party Dan had
17 Yeah mm a bit like I say when I went to that dentist surgery at er Leicester
18 Cos they , when I went in that shop it 's , he 'd tell me he had n't , he 'd failed his driving test .
19 and when I went in that lavatory , there 's seven on there , when I went in that lavatory I , I
20 and when I went in that lavatory , there 's seven on there , when I went in that lavatory I , I
21 When I looked into that bay and saw the ship was gone , I knew it was all over .
22 I have to tell you the terrible things I thought about you when I stumbled into that nursery , part of the rooms you had locked away from me .
23 Yet when I emerged from that heaven-haven of sexual absolution , I would feel guilty , frightened , torn between happiness at being liberated from overwhelming sexual tension and the scared wonder of the events , as if they had been rituals in a half-remembered primitive religion .
24 ‘ I threw them all away a couple of weeks ago as soon as I came across that letter from Parkin , ’ Lancaster murmured .
25 I never wanted my Mum so much in my life as I did at that moment .
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