Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pers pn] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pretended to me that he was already booked in there , but he was n't — I heard him ask for the room afterwards . |
| 2 | Mr Wood reported to me that his servants had never seen such splendour and , as they carried it up to my rooms — where it sits safely ! — they felt like pirates from the Spanish main , he said , hauling off the booty ! ’ |
| 3 | Mum takes me only because I mentioned to her that my periods have stopped . |
| 4 | Anyway , one day he shouted to her that he was taking the bike out , she was in another room doing something , and minutes later he was dead . |
| 5 | I went on my way happy after that — indeed , happier than I had been before I had seen the strange apparitions-and it occurred to me that somebody both less logical and less imaginative would have jumped to the conclusion that what they had seen were UFOs . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It occurred to me that we might have been equally misinformed about other things the Germans did . |
| 8 | It occurred to me that its republication in our Symposium might both appeal to him and attract public attention : for I considered it an authoritative statement of the value of Humanism ( the title was a little misleading ) in its relation to religion . |
| 9 | It never occurred to me that something quite extraordinary must be implicated in the charter if George Crowninshield was willing to pay such an egregious price for an out-of-season charter . |
| 10 | The other day it occurred to me that there are maybe two kinds of intelligence in the world : one that 's very open , that tries to take on everything , and accordingly gets paralysed by choice : another kind that 's narrow , that finds strength focusing on some things and excluding most everything else … |
| 11 | For a moment , the sinister thought occurred to me that there might be another more efficient British reporter lurking on the beach . |
| 12 | It occurred to me that there might be other readers who also ran the program and were confused with the results they obtained . |
| 13 | It was then that it occurred to me that there was some connection between Jean-Claude 's relationship with Ahmed and Meaulnes 's with Frantz . |
| 14 | And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it . |
| 15 | He 'd then possibly forgotten these dreams or fantasies and then when the stimulus of feeling something on the back of his neck happened to him whilst asleep , suddenly the fantasy came back , all as a piece as it were , and it occurred to me that your dream about driving off viaducts might be caused by being asleep , having one of these falling experiences , then relating it to previous thoughts you 'd had , you know on the freeway or something , oh my God , how awful it would be if I , if I drove off that bend below , do you know what I mean ? |
| 16 | It occurred to me that my doctor was only employed to treat the symptoms of our health problems in the same way as our landlord was only treating the symptoms of the dampness . |
| 17 | It never occurred to me that my mother would die , and it was a profound shock when she did , After a year or so my father left the Army and remarried a Highland lass who seemed to adore me , but did not seem to take to my sister who lived with an aunt . |
| 18 | mhm It just occurred to me that our Civil Service , in its higher reaches , is also notoriously recruited very largely from the ranks of people who studied Latin and Greek at universities . |
| 19 | ‘ So it occurred to me that you , as my great-uncle 's ghillie , might even have known what his plans were for his ‘ specials ’ . |
| 20 | information about a particular piece , so , Simon and I sort of , we were talking kind of fairly casually about that , but erm , what we agreed to do is , this was about the time when we first got the equipment I think and it , it occurred to me that you , and I 've checked this now , that you can actually plug a cassette , you know , a Walkman type of player into either the microphone for the |
| 21 | It never occurred to me that you could be this spiteful . ’ |
| 22 | It occurred to me that you might plan it as one great central shed with bays let off it on each side . |
| 23 | It never occurred to me that you intended to apply for permanent custody . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ In fact , I would have been due to cover tonight anyway , but it occurred to me that you might be worried . |
| 25 | ‘ It occurred to me that you might not have seen Madeira before , ’ he said . |
| 26 | ‘ It just occurred to me that you might have preferred to shop in the Via Veneto . |
| 27 | ‘ It never occurred to me that you might be talking about a postponement . ’ |
| 28 | It occurred to me that he might well have heard me and decided not to answer . |
| 29 | It never occurred to me that he was protecting me . |
| 30 | I noted what the hon. Gentleman said in his biblical reference ; it occurred to me that he should be a little more careful when talking about St. Paul . |