Example sentences of "that i [verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That I 'd actually done it I suppose . |
| 32 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |
| 33 | " I told her , " said Mrs Maugham , handing her daughter a plastic butter dish , " that I 'd never seen it . " |
| 34 | I came home quite convinced that I 'd never met anyone since that I had had the same feeling for . |
| 35 | ‘ And I believe that I began then to train myself to listen in the voice of somebody , or look through the outer facade . |
| 36 | I sent him a bundle of clippings that I thought amply documented my charge . |
| 37 | sometimes all that I need is the air that I breathe just to love you . |
| 38 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 39 | I realized that I had completely forgotten what he sounded like . |
| 40 | I tried the church door one last time in the vain hope that I had mistakenly found it closed , but closed it remained . |
| 41 | On the wall of that room was a patch where the barometer had hung — so familiar a face that I had hardly realized it was there . |
| 42 | Did you not think when you saw the girl in the way you found her that I had actually ruined her , as she calls it ? |
| 43 | Did he know that she 'd revealed his habit of farting as he came , or that I had once worn his pyjamas while she blew me ? |
| 44 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 45 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 46 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 47 | The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this . |
| 48 | I felt that I had never seen anyone so old . |
| 49 | The fact is that I had never seen it , or known what I was seeing , until that day : … |
| 50 | I said that I had never heard anything more extraordinary . |
| 51 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 52 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 53 | ‘ Hi , ’ said the Ukrainian doorman at the Airds ' building , using the sum of the English that I had ever heard him speak , apart from ‘ God bless , ’ ‘ Cab , sir ? , ’ and ‘ You bet your ass . ’ |
| 54 | You could not have thought that I had ever considered her as my wife . |
| 55 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 56 | ‘ Oh , Miguel , you say these things in such a serious voice that I do almost believe you . |
| 57 | I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first . |
| 58 | ‘ On that particular day , we arrived there about ten o'clock , and I refused at first to go any farther ; the charm of those gardens and their flowers was so great that I wanted never to leave them . |
| 59 | ‘ Ca n't you tell — ’ his eyes seemed to say , ‘ that I have already pressed it ? |
| 60 | I can assure you that I did and I can assure you that I have already thanked him on behalf of the Council , shook his hand and said how well he done it , but if you 'd like a letter to go to say how well he done it , then I 'll send a letter telling him how well he done it . |