Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] that i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 2 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 3 | You may gather from my behaviour that I meant you , not Jones . |
| 4 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 5 | I feel now that I 've got an epitaph at the end of my life that I did something , I was n't a taker … |
| 6 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 7 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
| 8 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 9 | I thought it was n't fair that I should begin to show when I was barely into my fourth month , and I got angry with my clothes , as if it were their fault that I pulled them out of shape . |
| 10 | She looked so pornographic in her gimmicks that I wanted her to take them off again , or better , much better , push bits of them aside . |
| 11 | But it is not their wish that I put myself into their shoes , rather than living free and wishing that for them also . |
| 12 | It was only later that I dared to approach the nurse who did the dispensing and whisper in her ear that I knew nothing of Bach Remedies and would she please enlighten me . |
| 13 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 14 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 15 | However , it is not about your father that I summoned you today , it is about you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |