Example sentences of "[that] i [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Not that I ever drank beer .
2 Presumably because I was too young , and because life was so full in other ways that I never had time or any real reason to question it .
3 You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning .
4 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 .
5 I once visited a pensioner in my village and mentioned that I occasionally like jam but never make it myself because I do not eat it often enough .
6 The day flew by so quickly that I hardly noticed evening stealing in on crimson wings .
7 The football stable must be cleansed and further breakages of the law regarding payments will be dealt with in such a severe manner that I now give warning that clubs and players must not expect the slightest leniency …
8 Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit .
9 Your filter is fairly powerful and should be up to the job , but I must admit that I personally prefer undergravel filtration for almost all purposes .
10 A rifleman hit two men crouching near the Colonel , who later wrote that ‘ this was the first time in warfare that I truly felt fear .
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