Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized long ago that the only thing he has in common with other men is the prick between his legs . |
| 2 | I realised straight away that there was not an awful lot happening over here ; the country scene was far bigger than the blues at that time . |
| 3 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 4 | I realised just now that you had to be the one to finish it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And I realised even then that , if I neglected it , it would die . |
| 6 | I certainly learnt next to nothing at St Aubyn 's and when I took the Common Entrance examination for Eton I failed so ignominiously that the authorities wrote to my mother that it would be futile for me to try again . |
| 7 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 8 | I replied rather coldly that I had not drunk alcohol since 1939 , and that it had been my hope that we should stop somewhere where I could wash up generally , relieve myself and have a little rest . |
| 9 | I replied somewhat heatedly that I was more or less on duty , visiting men in the hospital . |
| 10 | That brought tears to my eyes and I turned away so that Jeff would n't be able to see them , then fought them back . |
| 11 | Full of good intentions I declared quite sincerely that I had a dog in my rucksack . |
| 12 | I walked along , trembling with anger and misery , not through the London of beautiful houses and clean streets that I 'd dreamed of , where people wore only elegant , expensive clothes , nor between buildings that soared into the clouds , but in the darkness past trees planted at infrequent intervals and council houses with their unlit windows , all alike ; I passed people asleep , protected from the cold in cardboard boxes , and rubbish in untidy heaps or neatly tied up in black plastic bags and empty milk bottles with traces of sour milk lingering in them , and I marvelled once again that the dairies were trusting enough to leave them lying about . |
| 13 | I tipped forward so that I rested on both buttocks and heels , my head between my knees . |
| 14 | I ordered so recklessly that the waiter looked first surprised , then delighted , then alarmed . |
| 15 | ‘ I heard just recently that a first cousin of mine was destroyed in the Battle of the Lesser Sack . ’ |
| 16 | But all through my twenties and into my thirties I swore quite testily that I would never have children . |
| 17 | But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’ |
| 18 | I decided long ago that I would cut out as soon as shooting began . |
| 19 | In his judgement , the Lord Chancellor said , ‘ I am seldom called upon to decide in a case in which I felt so strongly that on one side or the other there had been abominable wickedness . ’ |
| 20 | the magazine had the final say on the format of the finished pattern , so I found myself having to pass over things like ‘ Take off on a hand knitting needle ’ when I knew full well that it would be much easier to ‘ take off on waster yarn ’ . |
| 21 | I heard the pounding of rapid footsteps and I knew straight away that it was n't a policeman ( they wear rubber soles these days ) and then somebody yelled , ‘ Hey , you ! ’ |
| 22 | But I knew straight away that you and that handsome husband of yours just had to be Leos ! ’ |
| 23 | I knew even then that I inherited a history which defined who I was . |
| 24 | How far all this was homesickness or a defensive strategy against ( anticipated ? ) rejection by the surrounding community , or just sheer stubbornness , I now ca n't tell , but I knew even then that it had nothing to do with the world in which I was trying to live . |
| 25 | I knew even then that if I went on seeing you my days of freedom were numbered . |
| 26 | I knew perfectly well that he respected the Manager and even liked him though it was against his nature to admit it ; the thing that maddened him was that this had happened behind his back , and for a reason which he obviously found as inadequate as I did . |
| 27 | I knew perfectly well that if ever that crowd got hold of them none of them would have been left to tell the tale and took immediate steps for them to escape by the windows at the rear of the premises . |
| 28 | I wanted to tell him calmly that I knew perfectly well that it was absurd and quite understood the point of his questions . |
| 29 | I knew perfectly well that we 'd be working together today . ’ |
| 30 | I knew very well that I was going to pass them all . |