Example sentences of "that [conj] i did [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties . |
| 2 | ‘ I reckon that if I did n't have that cigarette first thing in the morning , I could last out and resist the rest of the day . |
| 3 | Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep . |
| 4 | ‘ I explained that if I did n't start on something really tough , I would never have had the willpower to finish it off , ’ he says . |
| 5 | After an hour I realized that if I did n't go after her , I 'd never be a man . ’ |
| 6 | My gynaecologist suggested that if I did n't want a hysterectomy there were two other solutions — pills or laser treatment to burn away the excess tissue . |
| 7 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 8 | I thought that if I did n't get out I might end up being thrown out . |
| 9 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 10 | He then pointed to his forehead , growling that if I did n't have anything up there then I could n't be a singer . |
| 11 | ‘ On returning , I mentioned to Ronnie that if I did n't know better — having miscarried only five weeks before — I 'd think I was pregnant , ’ remembers Allison . |
| 12 | From " If you want them , there are biscuits " it does not follow that if there are none , you do n't want any , and from " I could have if I chose to " it does not follow that if I did n't choose to do the thing , I was n't able to do it . |
| 13 | A profoundly deaf therapist said : ‘ I do feel that if I did n't have this type of job where I 'm meeting different people every day I would withdraw very quickly into myself . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
| 15 | He said that if I did n't do it he 'd stop me having baths or going out in the cellar . |
| 16 | Seeing my disappointed expression , she said that if I did n't want the watch she would keep it herself and give my mother money instead to buy something I would really like . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | they said that if I did n't get it done within the next fortnight it would close up . |
| 20 | Dana threatened to do just that if I did n't ‘ dance attendance ’ ; Garry is easily swayed and still half in love with Dana — I dare not risk it . ’ |
| 21 | All I knew was that one afternoon while I was at the office in London someone poured petrol through my letter-box at Seaview , along with a note warning me that if I did n't get out of G.W. Fashions there would be other similarly unpleasant incidents to look forward to , and that next time the petrol would be accompanied by a lighted rag . ’ |
| 22 | ’ I was thinking only the other day , ’ he went on , ’ that if I did n't have a wife and child to support I would throw in my resignation , take the voluntary redundancy on offer , sell the flat and go . |
| 23 | He told me that if I did n't agree to marry you he 'd release that tape of his to the Press … ’ |
| 24 | I said to Dolly that if I did n't do something you 'd be cut off from the world for a week or more . |
| 25 | Erm I was sent a booklet from the D S S asking for various financial details , with the instructions that if I did n't complete the booklet and send it back to them to the D S S , my benefits would stop . |
| 26 | ‘ I said it was terrible , to ruin one of Lehar 's most wonderful love songs like that , and Ingrid , he made it quite plain that if I did n't fall in with Therese 's wishes — exactly — I would be thrown out of the company . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I like to think that if I did n't do it , someone else would have done it with a lot less taste and love for the countryside . ’ |
| 28 | And literally , I got , but I was got so little on I felt that if I did n't do some extra |
| 29 | He went on to say that if I did not return I would be making myself voluntarily homeless and would never be re-housed . |
| 30 | Once again , I felt that if I did not somehow sublimate my pain , I should be irretrievably lost . |