Example sentences of "i [verb] that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 2 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 3 | I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet . |
| 4 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 5 | No she said I 've got the second biggest co cock I mean that she 'd ever seen . |
| 6 | When this eagerly awaited party actually happened , it had been going forty minutes before Dad and I realized that we knew virtually no one there . |
| 7 | Before I 'd stopped quivering , I realized that they had n't been thrown , but dropped from above . |
| 8 | Well I asked the girl and the she , we sort of sidetracked and when I come off the phone I realized that she had n't said . |
| 9 | ‘ No , just a friend , ’ I said too quickly , before I realized that she had almost certainly not been on duty when Sal was brought in . |
| 10 | Then I realized that he did n't want one to respond , that a response of almost any kind would have interrupted his flow , and the politest thing to do was follow the ADC 's example and just listen . |
| 11 | I realized that I had n't moved two feet away from the oven all morning , and I was exhausted . |
| 12 | But when Joelle introduced us I realized that I had n't really been prepared for the meeting at all . |
| 13 | There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one . |
| 14 | I realized that I had completely forgotten what he sounded like . |
| 15 | I got a bag of potatoes , the ones , say I thought erm this morning , I 'd , I 'd open a tin of corned beef actually it was an accident I er forgot that , what , I was opening a tin of corned beef for , erm , I was gon na make a salad when I realized that I did n't like corned beef |
| 16 | I viewed A&R men the same way and when I met them I realised that they knew even less than I thought they knew . |
| 17 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 18 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 19 | While I was Iying there , waiting , I realised that I had n't told Paul where to hit the bomb . |
| 20 | Suddenly I realised that I had not heard it before but read it before — word for word in the article that the Secretary of State for Education and Science wrote last Friday in The Times Educational Supplement . |
| 21 | I realised that I had only just been in time before all traces of cropmarks had been obliterated . |
| 22 | I realised that I fitted happily into that sort of setting . |
| 23 | And then , not very long after retirement , I realised that I did n't rally want excitement any more — though perhaps a little bit of the exotic would n't go amiss now and then ! |
| 24 | The boys and I agreed that it had all been so worthwhile . |
| 25 | ‘ How could I explain that I did n't have the money to go ? |
| 26 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 27 | I expect that she knew too . |
| 28 | But then I found that they had n't done it that way . |
| 29 | And er coming here I found that I had n't er put any of my vases in , so I had to go back again . |
| 30 | ‘ But I found that I had n't any money with me , so I came along here instead . ’ |