Example sentences of "i [vb past] that [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | At the time of qualifying , however , I realized that I had the choice of working for the Eastern Health Board or the Catholic Church ( the two are interchangeable ) . |
2 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
3 | I proposed that we fish the same swim , which was large enough to accommodate both of us without the risk of crossed lines . |
4 | When I had finished and opened my eyes I noted that she had the cup in one hand and the saucer in the other . |
5 | I noticed that he pronounced the name B'bbitt . |
6 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Levis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening _ whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period I decided , I think , roughly before the eighteenth century , and with this in mind I then turned to the mysterious last plays of Shakespeare that we 've been talking about earlier and tried to see whether the sense one gets in those plays of love , for example , not as simply a logical construction for talking about the way people behave in relation to each other , but as some kind of spiritual entity existing prior to the human subjects in the play , whether that sense could be in some degree confirmed and explained by an investigation of the general use of universals in the period and earlier . |
7 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Leavis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening — whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period , I decided I think roughly before the eighteenth century . |
8 | Confronting the referee over his mug of vodka , I insisted that he call the game off as it was obvious the five Chamden lads were at a complete disadvantage against our full team . |
9 | Cos I thought that he had the wrong number ! |
10 | I thought that it undermined the satisfaction of ‘ getting a place in college ’ for students with severe learning difficulties . |
11 | I thought about the possibility but when my friends kept saying that I would be chosen I said that I thought the selectors would go for more experience . |
12 | Sally Drayton also had some time off early in that week and I suggested that we spend the Tuesday together . |
13 | The AOC No 6 Group complained to me about this , so I suggested that he keep the culprit for a week and then send him back . |
14 | I explained that I wanted the experience of running my own expedition and , after some discussion , he withdrew his objections but warned me not to go further than Bilen . |