Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb base] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the year that we first went into Canada and I remember that I picked the Canadian franchise because she did n't war a bra ! |
| 2 | But while I think it intrinsically unlikely that any of my co-habitees , if I my so describe them , should have committed murder , and I know that I did n't , I do n't know that I can help you very much . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 4 | Blair worked on the islands for a number of years and I confess that I envied him . |
| 5 | ‘ And I believe that I began then to train myself to listen in the voice of somebody , or look through the outer facade . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery . |
| 7 | I do not wish in any way to criticise you , and I appreciate that I applied today to ask such a question — |
| 8 | Before I left , I expressed the hope that he could pay another visit to Oxford , though this time a purely private one , and I see that I wrote to him repeating this towards the end of term — the final term — because on 17 June he replied to my home address : |
| 9 | And I recall that I laughed aloud at that stage and I believe ( the agent ) joined me in that . |