Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 2 | Nobody saw anything , and nobody could believe that I had done it . |
| 3 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 4 | I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly . |
| 5 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 6 | I did n't realise that I had lost it at the party . ’ |
| 7 | I told Spruce a bit about Amy and Hereward 's marriage and I did mention that I 'd seen her here on Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 8 | It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially . |
| 9 | ‘ You could say that I had worked my fingers to the bone for you ! ’ |