Example sentences of "[vb past] that [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better . |
| 2 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 3 | I found that if I immersed myself in what I was doing , the people respected my work and usually kept quiet , aware of my concentration . |
| 4 | I found that if I settled down to the tape and the life of Apricot Smith , I became quite comfortable . |
| 5 | I found that if I did this , I felt much better and had the feeling that everything would be all right . |
| 6 | Starting each hymn on the right note was a great problem for most of us , but I found that if I did not think too deeply about this but started off almost instinctively I generally hit something like the right note , thanks to my years as a choir boy in Maidenhead . |
| 7 | After that I found that if I iver was in trouble far from home there 'd always be a Sligo man somewhere to help me . ’ |
| 8 | And when I started to write on the piano I found that when I translated it back to the guitar it was better . |
| 9 | At first he was really quiet but I kinda changed that because I treated him like my brother by punching him ! ’ |
| 10 | At Martin Brundle 's lunch in London I discovered that Maurice Hamilton had been the Mastermind question-setter and he reported that if I thought answering them was hard , he had found setting them a good deal harder . |
| 11 | As soon as I got out of the house , I was told by our neighbours where my father was hiding , but I realized that if I went to speak to him , some SS soldier might follow me and arrest him . |
| 12 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 13 | But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me . |
| 14 | After an hour I realized that if I did n't go after her , I 'd never be a man . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 16 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |
| 17 | I realised that when I anointed them . |
| 18 | I sold that when I remarried . ’ |
| 19 | I asked that when I bought it of course . |
| 20 | Er I think I learnt that when I went to the meeting of the South East Croquet Federation earlier in the year . |
| 21 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 22 | Sid gave a growl and informed that as I knew nothing about modern techniques he had brought ‘ the lot . ’ |
| 23 | I also stated that when I felt that things were going well and the government was settled I would take a trip and that trip starts now . |
| 24 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 25 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 26 | I knew you might work it out but I reasoned that if I did n't rush forward to explain all , you might catch the culprit first and never have to trouble me . ’ |
| 27 | Having passed seven CSE 's at school , she said , " I reckoned that if I had a future then computer studies was where it would be . |
| 28 | this , er in there because I , I hid that because I mean , I do n't know er like if anybody , I mean I only know what it was cos somebody told me |
| 29 | Now I raised that because I think it is a very very serious threat to our efficiency , in project engineering . |
| 30 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |