Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] that i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |
| 2 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 3 | It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially . |
| 4 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 5 | I found the format patronising and alienating , and felt that I did not belong . |
| 6 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 7 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 8 | I had a letter from her this morning in which she said she had a bronchial chill and hoped that I fared better . |
| 9 | Or rather , she wanted to say , you talked and ruined my life , I listened and wished that I had n't . |
| 10 | I sucked my thumb and mumbled that I had n't meant to do it . |
| 11 | It was n't until he called in at the vicarage and found the vicar shot , stabbed , strangled and poisoned that I gave up completely . |
| 12 | I began by squeezing colour into a small ceramic well palette but found that I did not have enough colour for what I wanted to do . |