Example sentences of "that [subord] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He warned me that if I told anyone about it , he would just deny it outright . |
| 2 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 3 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 4 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 5 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 6 | At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way . |
| 7 | I found that if I immersed myself in what I was doing , the people respected my work and usually kept quiet , aware of my concentration . |
| 8 | At first he was really quiet but I kinda changed that because I treated him like my brother by punching him ! ’ |
| 9 | I swear to you that when I kissed you in Ib 's Club it was simply because I could n't resist the temptation . |
| 10 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 11 | I did erm , mention , I think on one of them which was the erm Tim , this is the upstairs , I did actually mention that when I saw it to Roger . |
| 12 | Yes , you said that when I saw you at the station , ha ! ha ! ’ |
| 13 | I overcame this problem quite easily in the end : I just gave her less for supper when she was off my hand , got her weight down , say , half an ounce , and built up her appetite , so that when I had her on my fist she 'd be hungry . |
| 14 | I knew that when I sold it to you . ’ |
| 15 | I asked that when I bought it of course . |
| 16 | Sid gave a growl and informed that as I knew nothing about modern techniques he had brought ‘ the lot . ’ |