Example sentences of "[verb] that i have [verb] " in BNC.
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31 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
32 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
33 | I found that I had become very tired and once again Boris said ‘ It 's time to go . ’ |
34 | I hated speaking to large groups of people and normally would have avoided it at all costs , but I found that I had thought so much about this that telling other people was a relief . |
35 | By the end of ‘ Great Expectations ’ I found that I had enjoyed the book and had found it thought provoking and interesting . |
36 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
37 | Petra to me had been listed with the Pyramids , Timbuktu , Venice , Hadrian 's Wall and Troy as places that I had to visit before I died . |
38 | I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime . |
39 | ‘ You forget , ’ Dorothea said gently , ‘ you forget that I have seen him . ’ |
40 | Suzanne worries over it , she would not approve that I have told you . |
41 | Once again , by the way , I should stress that I have told the story too simply . |
42 | My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water . |
43 | I later realized that I had posed during a crucial period , and the tiny bronzes that resulted ( for that size prevailed ) continue daily to touch me . |
44 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
45 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
46 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
47 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
48 | I finally realized that I 've got to live with that . |
49 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |
50 | I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one . |
51 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’ |
52 | But I fear you may not believe me : because you may well think that I 've made the process seem incredibly complicated . |
53 | He said : ‘ Do you really think that I 've waited for days and days for you to come back here , just to play bloody party games ? |
54 | In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April . |
55 | From the look on her face you 'd think that I had confessed to a desire to murder her family and steal all her money . |
56 | I 'd think that I have seen enough to say that cricket could never be the be-all-and-end-all of life for me . |
57 | I do not think that I have fantasticated them , but time always supplies some element of fancy . |
58 | She hates that I have to fight against her countrymen . ’ |
59 | I watched the re-run of the race on the big stadium scoreboard , checked that I had run second and then went back under to collect my kit from the airless , sweat-filled room where it had been taken from the start . |
60 | He agreed that I had gone about as far as I could go in Moose Jaw , and together we composed a night-letter telegram to Gladstone Murray in Ottawa requesting a reply to my job application . |