Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] that i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later I found out that I had appeared fierce and unapproachable . |
| 2 | You should have seen Captain Trentham 's face when ‘ e found out that I had chosen a spell in the Fusiliers rather than going back to gaol . ’ |
| 3 | I then found out that I 'd had an infection and raging temperature all the way through and Amber was born with it , too . |
| 4 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 5 | And against all sense and credibility I worked out that I had landed in the midst of what might be called a farmstead , Fraxilly-style . |
| 6 | I worked out that I had walked thirty-two miles the previous day and night . |
| 7 | It was then that some international misunderstanding arose , because the President of South Africa was at the race too and a rumour got around that I had engineered the trip to talk with the South Africans , which of course was not true . |
| 8 | ‘ You thought perhaps that I had forgotten about your existence ? ’ |
| 9 | I knew then that I had walked into a situation from which there would be no escape . |
| 10 | ‘ To tell you the truth , Aycliffe , I was so devilish put out that I had determined to shake the dust of this place from my heels forever ! ’ |
| 11 | I often wished later that I had named Trotsky instead , because his principles were more in accord with the way I felt about the place by the time I left , but at that time I had never even heard of him . |