Example sentences of "i [verb] and [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first it was part of a dream , which vanished as soon as I woke and knew that I was alone on the broch island , lying on the turf in a sleeping-bag , with my head pillowed on my rolled-up sweater , but seemingly connected with the earth itself , from which , apparently right below my head , came a sound every bit as strange as the mermaids ' song of the seals . |
| 2 | I turned and saw that it was the full moon , framed in a space of jagged glass . |
| 3 | Then I laughed and explained that he meant ‘ Frankly speaking ’ . |
| 4 | Or rather , she wanted to say , you talked and ruined my life , I listened and wished that I had n't . |
| 5 | ‘ She hurt him dreadfully when he came home from Africa , crippled and his career in the army over , just when he needed her loving support the most , and now she has the gall to chase him again , when I hoped and prayed that he had finally recovered from her brutal treatment of him . ’ |
| 6 | When they announced that Hodge was playing , this Leeds ‘ fan ’ behind me groaned and said that he hoped he 'd have his leg broken ! |