Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The performances on this new disc are first-rate ; indeed they are so polished that I found myself occasionally longing for something with a little more humanity and which more faithfully reflected what were in all probability the more rough-and-ready sounds of the Kürbs-Hütte clientele . |
| 2 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 3 | It is exactly the sort of corkscrew I always use but the room was so dark and I so flurried that I drove it in sideways and broke the cork . |
| 4 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 5 | I worked hard all week and so felt that I deserved them , I suppose . |
| 6 | ‘ Just because I knew Mills was suspected of betraying someone does not necessarily mean that I had anything to do with his unfortunate death . |
| 7 | He still listened , but now I do n't think he was hearing me , not believing that I meant what I said . |
| 8 | At this distance in time , I can not pretend that I had my doubts about its merits : what I did dwell on was a certain psychological subtlety in retailing the author 's love-life , though in terms which today would he considered ludicrously niminy-piminy . |
| 9 | Er I just ringing through to say that I heard your er broadcast last week in respect of Carnfield Hall and I went on Saturday afternoon a gentleman named Hugh rang you up . |
| 10 | You 're not forgetting that I called you before that time myself , and you told me Bonanza had taken the girl away somewhere ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why have I always felt that I knew you before ? ’ |
| 12 | You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job . |
| 14 | She said huskily , ‘ Surely you ca n't really think that I had anything to do with this ? ’ |
| 15 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
| 16 | I do not now deny that I hoped he would lead us to him . |
| 17 | I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly . |
| 18 | It does n't matter that I disappointed myself . |
| 19 | It does n't matter that I disappointed my parents . |
| 20 | I hope you do n't mind that I said anything . ’ |
| 21 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 22 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
| 23 | no I did n't , I did n't mean that , I did n't mean that I turned it over I 'm not gon na false out bloody conversation just for the sake of it |
| 24 | He told Brian Walden , in The Sunday Times ( 16 April 1989 ) , 'I do n't pretend that I liked her because I did n't … |
| 25 | I could n't even pretend that I wanted them ! |
| 26 | When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing . |
| 27 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 28 | You wo n't accept that I knew nothing about the drugs , yet you want my word ? |
| 29 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 30 | I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly . |