Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] that i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monty promised me that I had nothing to worry about . |
| 2 | Whenever I have met him since , he has invariably reminded me that I taught him about the business ! |
| 3 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 4 | I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’ |
| 5 | I told him that I thought he was much too gentle in his handling of the miners and the owners , and especially the latter , and that there were a lot of things he ought to have said . |
| 6 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 7 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 8 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
| 9 | I told her that I had you at work then yesterday , right , she says oh no another one , right , and ended up |
| 10 | I told her that I loved her . ’ |
| 11 | I told her that I loved her very much and wanted to marry her . |
| 12 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 13 | He maintained his interest until the end , bequeathing to Christ 's Hospital £20 ‘ which they owe me that I lent them ’ , with an additional £6 13s. 4d. , besides £20 each to St Bartholomew 's and St Thomas 's . |
| 14 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 15 | ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’ |
| 16 | The therapist did n't attempt to persuade me that I had nothing to fear ; instead , every week I sat in her calm , warm room and talked about my family , my friendships , my feelings about myself , my ambitions . |
| 17 | That was n't the case with me , I just wanted the opportunity to do something that I knew I could do . |
| 18 | These recent watercolours , larger , bolder and stronger than his earlier work , pleased me so much when first I saw them that I offered him an exhibition at Abbot Hall . |
| 19 | And perhaps your arrogance tells you that I encouraged you — up to a point , that is — in the same way as I 'm supposed to have encouraged Rob . |
| 20 | To give Mrs for the erm but do n't tell anybody that I got them , you know . |
| 21 | she say that , and she say that and she 's always writing your name over the books and everything , okay , oh yeah , you must ask him if he fancies me and love him and ask him why he do n't he phone me that often , ask him that , you must say , right yeah , but do n't tell him that I told you to ask him , yeah |
| 22 | You did n't tell him that I got my |
| 23 | I would n't tell her that I got it from my friend , half of it , anyway . |
| 24 | ‘ I saw you , it means nothing that I saw you … |
| 25 | That poem reminds me that I did my best , did my duty if you like . ’ |
| 26 | And there it was , it struck me that I had nothing to lose , I was damned either way . |
| 27 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I remember telling you that I wanted nothing more to do with you ! ’ she snapped . |
| 29 | ‘ That was the way I tried to show you that I loved you , ’ Julius answered in a low voice . |
| 30 | Regardless of the circumstances , or how I felt , or how much I needed to tell you that I loved you ? ’ |