Example sentences of "[vb past] that i be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 2 | To my surprise , I found that I was running towards the battle . |
| 3 | I said the truth is , that he reported that I was sleeping at night . |
| 4 | Yesterday evening , for instance , I realized that I was smiling to myself ( I was thinking about writing this minute ! ) and it set off a substantial debate , conducted entirely in silence . |
| 5 | The journey was not in vain , for I quickly realised that I was walking on man-made terraces . |
| 6 | Just as darkness fell a man and a woman came and announced that I was sitting in their seats . |
| 7 | Soon after , a message came that I was wanted in the cabin . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Mallon stated that I was embarked on sweeping the RUC very clean and inferred for that reason that some senior people within the force did not wish that approach to continue . |
| 9 | Asked where I lived , I replied that I was staying in my parents ' flat in Knightsbridge . |
| 10 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 11 | Winning the title meant that I was selected for Great Britain to run against West Germany in Dortmund . |
| 12 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 13 | When I moves to this area just over two years ago I knew no-one , my two older children were at school and , although I enjoyed being at home with my two-year-old toddler , I felt that I was getting past the stage of discussing sleepless nights and dirty nappies ! |
| 14 | She felt that I was getting in the way . |
| 15 | God seemed remote but I appealed for his protection and received a measure of assurance , though I felt that I was followed by an evil presence . |
| 16 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 17 | ‘ I began to lose consciousness and felt that I was standing on the world 's edge aside of a high , dark space looking across it , thinking that I was about to enter into it . |
| 18 | People in the street , who knew that I was engaged in negotiations , would come up to me , grab me by my lapels and say , ‘ Get an agreement , we beg you . |
| 19 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 20 | ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire ’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same . ’ |
| 21 | And I knew that I was going to be all right . |
| 22 | ONE CHRISTMAS DAY , I stupidly thought that I was flying from London to Bangkok . |
| 23 | But shortly after I came out of hospital , I dreamt that I was going to be executed . |
| 24 | Lord Lloyd interviewed me , and explained that I was to report to the Military Attaché at the Baghdad Embassy , though I was to be attached to the British Institute . |