Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 32 | Andrew Stavanger was compelled to turn to the bank for help after the dock strikes , and it was then that I got to know him . |
| 33 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 34 | Though the voice was larded with the tones owed to ‘ land in the family ’ , the man himself was decent , polite , unpretentious , and unpatronising throughout the half hour or so that I spent photographing him . |
| 35 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 36 | ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’ |
| 37 | Obviously , the volume of data by making notes and by taperecording that I acquired made it sensible for me to concentrate on the one school rather than the other . |
| 38 | It was with great relish that I prepared to burn it down — while Charles and Dimity were conveniently away for a few days . |
| 39 | On the first one , I was making the record and I broke a string on my Firebird and could n't be bothered changing strings , and so I plugged the Lazer in and it sounded so good that I kept using it . |
| 40 | ‘ You will have guessed the first , ’ he resumed , masticating the thick coils of smoke , ‘ namely that I wished to inculcate you a little further in the understanding of my true nature , a little further but not too far — keep 'em guessing is my motto . |
| 41 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 42 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 43 | The very existence of the flood — the fact that I had invited it into my awareness — showed that I had emotional ‘ work ’ to do . |
| 44 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 45 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 46 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 47 | But this time the girl was dead , and I knew that I had killed her . ’ |
| 48 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |
| 49 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 50 | ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother . |
| 51 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 52 | " I 'm sorry , Ms. Easterbrook , that I had to ask you to come up before we were able to remove Dr. Lorrimer 's body . |
| 53 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 54 | I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before . |
| 55 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 56 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 57 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 58 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 59 | " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once . |
| 60 | In paying my respects and tribute to the bereaved of the two soldiers and the young man killed , I am tempted to say that I thought that I had seen it all . |