Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'd just been paid , so there was no problems about me having money to score , so I think I 'd just set me mind that I wanted to sort meself out once and for good . |
| 2 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 6 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 7 | As , only a few months ago , she very charmingly killed a similar measure that I had introduced I doubly welcome her support now . |
| 8 | At the end of each day my pillow was so soaked in saliva that I had to wring it out on the floor . ’ |
| 9 | But I 'd eluded them before and I could again , I told myself , almost jauntily , as I ambled into the bar that I decided to make my last stop for the night . |
| 10 | I probably did n't help my cause by being so self-conscious about the whole exercise that I decided to station myself behind a bush . |
| 11 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 14 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then your Inspector took it into his head that I 'd done it . |
| 17 | It was with great relish that I prepared to burn it down — while Charles and Dimity were conveniently away for a few days . |
| 18 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 19 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 20 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 21 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 22 | I still had this uncomfortable feeling that I did know her . |
| 23 | It was n't until Suede that I started to forge my own identity . |
| 24 | And I would realise with a pang that I had forfeited my right to concern . |
| 25 | Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good . |
| 26 | The thought that I had crushed something out of his life was a disquieting one . |
| 27 | Well to me it was a first time and being an unmarried man that I 'd earned anything like it . |
| 28 | One thing that I did tell her was that if I ever got arrested she would not be involved . |
| 29 | Knowing his passion for cycling ( on Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays ) and rowing ( on Tuesdays , Thursdays and Saturdays ) , I had mentioned in my letter that I had stroked my boat , somewhat ingloriously , for two Torpids and two Summer Eights . |
| 30 | Often , a victim of his paralysing shyness , he walked along the far side of the Thames , ‘ sometimes in such wretchedness that I wanted to drown myself . |