Example sentences of "[conj] that i [vb past] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except that I had to live with the aftermath . |
| 2 | He had such a talent for self-dramatisation that I would n't have put it past him , on finding that plunger , to have invented the whole thing — except that I had watched in horror as he deliberately forced the wretched mestizo over the edge , thrusting at his face with that dummy hand until he had disappeared into the gorge below . |
| 3 | But it had all happened so quickly — and I knew so little about you — except that I 'd fallen in love with you . ’ |
| 4 | He said he did n't want to see my baby , and that I had to go into a home for unmarried mothers . |
| 5 | He had written a book called Stilfragen on the history of the acanthus motif , and that I had studied as a student . |
| 6 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 7 | I told him that I was English , an ex-paratrooper and that I had come to be a legionnaire . |
| 8 | I told Sir Henry about Laura Lyons , and that I wanted to speak to her as soon as possible . |
| 9 | Nobody knew how to run the longer events , the advice we were given being the same as that I had pontificated for 80 metres back at the White City : start slowly and build up ! |