Example sentences of "[that] i [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just after I 'd finished at college , I went along to someone 's party and I remember telling this girl who I was chatting up that I played bass . |
| 2 | The mates that I played football with were skinheads into Blue Beat while the girls were into that pop group The Love Affair . |
| 3 | And it was then that I touched flesh . |
| 4 | mind you , not that I 'd lite , the fire , not the glow that 's what you did one night put the |
| 5 | I 'd said to Mr Palmer in 1960 after St Andrews that I 'd caddie for him anywhere . |
| 6 | I mean what about the E I C G , again this seems one that I thought might interest them ? |
| 7 | It is one of the most FUN and PURPOSEFUL things I have every been involved with — and when interviewed on the BBC RADIO in May about it , I said that I thought industry and commerce could take a leaf out of our book and learn something from the spirit of common purpose , good humour and teamsmanship — a statement provocative enough to get transmitted , as you might imagine . |
| 8 | ‘ How could I tell you that I made Father die ? ’ |
| 9 | I wonder could you agree that I signed appendix two ? |
| 10 | It was at this point that I came face to face with the realisation that human beings could be studied like other animals , and I went on , past chimpanzees , to investigate the behaviour of this strange creature that I christened The Naked Ape . |
| 11 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 12 | ‘ My earrings that I lent Mother last time I was here . ’ |
| 13 | He must have assumed that I meant trouble from the twins , for he suddenly became surprisingly loquacious . |
| 14 | Feeling really invigorated I decided to spend my remaining time in the gym and let those machines really know that I meant business ! |
| 15 | The pedals were fitted with toe-traps , which ensured that I landed chin first in whatever caused the front wheel to skid . |
| 16 | I have already stated that I discovered death at the age of six , and also that I never considered suicide as a possible course of action . |
| 17 | But I believe she always felt that I had leadership potential and that one day I would have great responsibility . " |
| 18 | Her description of my flat is one that I had difficulty in recognising : ‘ We were greeted at the door by Arnold 's housekeeper , Miss Roberts . |
| 19 | yeah it might be , I do n't know , I think usually Roy does that but I think Dave 's doing it this year or something erm er that tends to be , that tended to be something that I had difficulty with as a student because again you could n't just sort of find one book that , that covered the lecture course |
| 20 | To such a degree that I had hold of P C . |
| 21 | It was quite a shock to be told that I had Cancer and that I needed an operation as soon as possible . |
| 22 | I knew that I had money . |
| 23 | A dietitian suggested that I had milk shakes with raw eggs to build me up , yet , the Bristol diet denied both ingredients . |
| 24 | I remember that I had piano lessons there you see and dancing lessons there . |
| 25 | well erm , sort of in that erm , I was asked to come and do this talk , and so I , I organise to make sure that I had access to some of Gaugin 's work and then to write poems about it , erm , so , erm , only in as much as that it was a waiting to hear this talk , but a lot of my work is through commissions and so I find myself writing about things that I perhaps do n't have any interest in particularly , erm , or I find actually in a waiting , asked to write about anything is quite er exciting and actually using my skill I think it should be , as a writer I should really be able to write about everything . |
| 26 | I gave thanks that I had time and energy to simply enjoy and absorb . |
| 27 | I wish that I had time to go into the matter in more detail , because the proposals in the Bill are seriously flawed . |
| 28 | I wish that I had time to go more deeply into the Government 's failure to tackle the root causes of crime in our communities , but suffice it to say that neither unemployment nor lack of a decent home is an excuse for crime . |
| 29 | The ride started and each time that I passed Mum I waved . |
| 30 | After supper I was shown to a tiny bedroom overlooking and adjoining the graveyard ; so profound was the silence that I felt part of it . |