Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] i [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 3 | As , only a few months ago , she very charmingly killed a similar measure that I had introduced I doubly welcome her support now . |
| 4 | Then your Inspector took it into his head that I 'd done it . |
| 5 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 6 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 7 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Well that time that I got cayleyed I did n't realise I |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The very existence of the flood — the fact that I had invited it into my awareness — showed that I had emotional ‘ work ’ to do . |
| 12 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 13 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |