Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that I was so self-blind that I saw nothing to be learnt . |
| 2 | While he was out I had rewritten my will so that I left nothing to my ex . |
| 3 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 4 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 5 | I seem to remember that I unburdened myself to you , a while back . ’ |
| 6 | I was so superior that I considered myself to be virtually beyond criticism . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe not , but if I were you , Miss Williams , I 'd make sure that I confined myself to facts in future , and the most pressing one of all is the fact that someone in this town is annoyed with you ! ’ |
| 8 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 9 | A number of myths have grown up about David 's relationship with me — one of them being that I wanted him to be another Tommy Steele or another cabaret star , but this was not true . |
| 10 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
| 11 | I gave him a draft of the first chapter and explained that I wanted it to be the sort of book that would sell in airport book stalls . |
| 12 | In the third place , you may recall that I escorted you to your room at half-past twelve ; but the college gates are locked at midnight , from which it follows that I would have had to rouse the duty porter in order both to be let out and to be let in again , something he will most certainly confirm I did not do . |
| 13 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |