Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] i [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman 's number was at the bottom of the Time Out piece and it was with some feelings of fear that I decided to ring it , not knowing who or what I would find . |
| 2 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 3 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 4 | As , only a few months ago , she very charmingly killed a similar measure that I had introduced I doubly welcome her support now . |
| 5 | At the end of each day my pillow was so soaked in saliva that I had to wring it out on the floor . ’ |
| 6 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 7 | It was at this point that I decided to put her back on a loose creance , so that she could approach the lure from whatever direction she pleased . |
| 8 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 9 | I considered simply passing it forward , but some idiot would probably open it and read it out to the whole class , or else it would get intercepted by Mrs Burton who was the last person that I wanted to read it . |
| 10 | Then your Inspector took it into his head that I 'd done it . |
| 11 | It was with great relish that I prepared to burn it down — while Charles and Dimity were conveniently away for a few days . |
| 12 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 13 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 14 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 15 | I still had this uncomfortable feeling that I did know her . |
| 16 | One thing that I did tell her was that if I ever got arrested she would not be involved . |
| 17 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 18 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |
| 19 | Well that time that I got cayleyed I did n't realise I |
| 20 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 21 | The very existence of the flood — the fact that I had invited it into my awareness — showed that I had emotional ‘ work ’ to do . |
| 22 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 23 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |