Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] i had [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
| 2 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 3 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 4 | I set off from Beirut for Jerusalem in the late autumn of 1980 ; and the moment I entered Rafi Horowitz 's office in Jerusalem , I realised that I had set myself no easy assignment . |
| 5 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 6 | I forgot that I had left them there , ’ she said , and then , ‘ Oh , Dr Neil , you did n't … ? ’ |
| 7 | Can you believe it , I almost forgot that I had left it there ? ’ |
| 8 | I replied that I had watched my television all day when the first man stepped on the moon . |
| 9 | And after we had met again , he observed that I had achieved what he called ‘ poise ’ . |
| 10 | It meant that I had to renew my Jamaican passport . |
| 11 | I seriously felt that I had lost my ‘ commercial sense ’ that I had before , and that I would never remember the intricacies of the High Court Rules , how to draft Court Pleadings or even how to write a sensible letter . |
| 12 | It was favourably received and I felt that I had done my hitherto neglected ancestor proud . |
| 13 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 14 | I was happy in that I felt that I had paid him back a little for the thousands of hours he had spent at West London Stadium , stopwatch in hand , urging us all on to greater things . |
| 15 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 16 | But this time the girl was dead , and I knew that I had killed her . ’ |
| 17 | No , I knew that I had seen someone , or something . |
| 18 | As a result I knew that I had recovered everything within the detecting capabilities of my old machine and did not expect that there would be anything left to be found . |
| 19 | ‘ Before the night was ended I knew that I had had what religious people would call a conversion . |
| 20 | At last the rain held off and although the wind was a little strong I knew that I had to fly her . |
| 21 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 22 | It was a moment when a stray thread of sledge-hammer sanity isolated itself and hit me , and I , in that scarce moment , knew that I had to protect you — from me ! ’ |
| 23 | I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before . |
| 24 | In paying my respects and tribute to the bereaved of the two soldiers and the young man killed , I am tempted to say that I thought that I had seen it all . |
| 25 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 26 | ‘ I always said that I had to put my medical career before my rugby , but the new job will not force me to retire because my colleagues are so supportive and helpful . ’ |
| 27 | Who said that I had given thee up . |
| 28 | Halema turned to the Sheikha who said that I had known her well . |
| 29 | When I said that I had read it , the hon. Gentleman said that he had also read it . |
| 30 | She said that I had to tell my parents . |