Example sentences of "i [verb] that [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 2 | I regret that they were unable to pursue the matter any further . |
| 3 | I regret that there was some suspicion in the minds of Opposition Members . |
| 4 | I deny that there were any evictions ; they may have got letters of removal , but I deny that these were any evictions in the sense of evictions . " |
| 5 | I contend that it was all down to Shakespeare 's employer . |
| 6 | At the end of November 1983 , I announced that I was going to head an inquiry into occupational pensions . |
| 7 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 8 | Sorry — I mean — I mean that it was a stupid question ! |
| 9 | By traditional I mean that it was founded on a growing interpretation of the past , not that tradition was swallowed hook , line and sinker — indeed , in some cases it was turned upside down — but always it was referred to , re-explained . |
| 10 | It certainly would n't be against the ideological er ideas of the Party but I mean that it was an ideological , it was more practical cos it was , it was related the purification campaign of the Party , cos we know they 're having these campaigns |
| 11 | that 's right , that 's , that , I think it was so , I mean that she was so it must be just something to do with gardens as well , cos she was a gardener was n't she ? , |
| 12 | ‘ I mean that he was always the odd one out . |
| 13 | I realized that they were talking about some poems of Emily 's . |
| 14 | I realized that they were the two lights of a coach . |
| 15 | I was talking to friends when I realized that someone was watching me . |
| 16 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 17 | I was a bit shocked when a 60-year-old woman opened the door until I realized that she was the ‘ madam ’ who took the money . |
| 18 | But when they had been greeted with expressions of total derision and distaste , I realized that she was still not ready to come to terms with full womanly depth of her unacknowledged feelings . |
| 19 | I realized that she was n't going to tell him about events on Vadinamia so that he would n't jump to any conclusions and complicate things . |
| 20 | Then I realized that she was trying to push him away . |
| 21 | I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more . |
| 22 | It was then that I realized that he was going to leave me on my own . |
| 23 | Then I realized that he was wounded , and could not run ; and that he carried a sword in his hand . |
| 24 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 25 | He refused to co-operate and was told he was ‘ letting the school down ’ and given an indication that this would affect his school report , ‘ and that 's when I realized that I was only acknowledged for my sporting ability . ’ |
| 26 | Er no cos I realized that I was that it was totally wrong so I just gave it a miss and went on to something else . |
| 27 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 28 | Once the lessons began I realized that I was not nearly up to the standard of the others . |
| 29 | When I pushed open a door leading to a better-lit corridor , I realized that I was on an upper level of the main administrative building of the spaceport . |
| 30 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |