Example sentences of "[pers pn] [that] i [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 2 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 3 | The first few hundred hours of thought made me regret my bet ; but the second couple of thousand convinced me that I 'd played it right . |
| 4 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 5 | I would tell them that I wanted to record their accents for a research project . |
| 6 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 7 | That did the trick — ‘ Of course , ’ recalls the director , ‘ I did n't show him that I had cut my hand in the process . ’ |
| 8 | " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once . |
| 9 | The other day , I ‘ phoned Robert at college to tell him that I had photographed his favourite aircraft that morning . |
| 10 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 11 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 12 | I was so proud of her that I wanted to take lots of photographs of her while she was young , just like a proud parent with a new baby . |
| 13 | I said , " Yes " , and I plugged it that I 'd done it while I 'd had Louisa and that 's what I think went in my favour in a way . |