Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] i [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So when my parent says to me , give those two units of parental investment that I just gave you , to , to offspring B I do n't want to , because the benefit to offspring B , or rather the genes I share with offspring B , does n't compensate sate me for the , for the sacrifice .
2 I 've got a piece of artwork on the floor that I never thought I 'd see .
3 One Sunday night at the Wood Green Odeon a group of youths and girls were making so much more than a tolerable racket that I eventually asked them to quieten down .
4 You brought me happiness that I never thought I would know again in this world , and you 've added to it every day . ’
5 It was for that reason that I never showed him my poem ‘ To Thomas Hardy in 1940 ’ .
6 Unfortunately , there are so many bolts from so many routes on this dome that I sometimes found it difficult to stay on route .
7 So I have discovered reserves of strength that I never knew I had . ’
8 Not only have I learned that soon I will not only be responsible for myself but a small vulnerable child who for many years to come will be under my protection , but I have also gained an inner strength that I never knew I was capable of having .
9 Well they 're probably just asking you , asking for the answer that I just gave you .
10 We got on well and a relationship developed — to such an extent that I eventually married her .
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