Example sentences of "[prep] me that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was sad for me that I had fallen in love with someone who did not love me , but it was not an experience I cared to repeat — for more and better reasons than the fear of pain . |
| 2 | ‘ And let her know that you cared so little for me that you had to be reminded ? |
| 3 | It was good of you to come at such short notice and lucky for me that you had no date for this evening , as you so easily might have done . ’ |
| 4 | I would never punish any child who did n't agree with me that they had done something … |
| 5 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |
| 6 | ‘ When I die , ’ she said , ‘ you can tell him from me that I had n't forgotten him . |
| 7 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 8 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 9 | Onlookers admitted to me that they had come simply to see the tragic spectacle of the naked bodies — some of which were badly burned . |
| 10 | It was clear to me that they had spared him in order to groom him for their own uses . |
| 11 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 12 | Later he said to me that we had been very helpful to him and he said it 's bad enough to be depressed but when you 're depressed and hungry , it 's really bad . |
| 13 | My friend , a widow , was on the point of saying if he could n't attend , neither could she , when it occurred to me that I had no engagements for the weekend in question . |
| 14 | He had expressed so often the depth of his love and had made it clear to me that I had given meaning to his life . |
| 15 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
| 16 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 17 | ‘ It was explained to me that I had a mild form which was affecting the part of the brain that triggers migraine , which is why I was having sickness attacks and blinding headaches behind the eyes . ’ |
| 18 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 19 | It seems incredible to me that I had n't thought of separation before but it dawned on me suddenly one day that there was a way out and I could leave . |
| 20 | I had two , and then Gabriel was an accident , and somehow the thought that he was an accident was so insulting to me that I had to have some more , to prove that he was n't . |
| 21 | I was very green and , to be honest , when Ricky McFarlane quit St Mirren it never occurred to me that I had a chance of getting the job . |
| 22 | One 911 owner once remarked to me that he had n't been terribly impressed by his car until he took it on a racetrack . |
| 23 | Later he confessed to me that he had been feeling a certain unease in the region of the colon ; when I asked him why on earth he had n't told me , he answered , ‘ I 'd never discuss my plumbing with ladies ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ His wife , ’ Theodora said hesitantly , ‘ Mrs Gray , did suggest to me that he had a problem . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That nice lady sat there explaining to me that she had n't long to live . |
| 26 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 27 | Some months later it dawned on me that he had put his hands on my head and what this implied ! |