Example sentences of "[verb] that i [verb] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident .
2 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 .
3 When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year .
4 ‘ But the day I wrote this song I honestly believed that I did love everyone ! ’ insists Paul , chirpily .
5 This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance .
6 I reckoned that I needed to chance everything on a — well , it 's a bit like roulette , when you feel an inexplicable urge to stake everything on one number …
7 No but I just know that I 've forgotten something to say .
8 In my mind I wo n't rest till I know that I have done something , no matter how small to bring this ban closer to a stop .
9 You know that I want to do anything I can to help . ’
10 In those circumstances , it is unnecessary to express any view on the proper construction of the charter and statutes beyond saying that I have heard nothing which persuades me that the views of Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 were wrong .
11 ‘ You understand that I have to question everything . ’
12 The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden .
13 It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months .
14 I felt that I needed to have someone around me all the time , whereas the others did not , and I was scared .
15 Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon .
16 I could not sleep knowing that I have done nothing . ’
17 No , I knew that I had seen someone , or something .
18 As a result I knew that I had recovered everything within the detecting capabilities of my old machine and did not expect that there would be anything left to be found .
19 ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says .
20 Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion .
21 I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’
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