Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 2 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 3 | He had n't slept in a bed like that before , yet there were all those advertisements for them on television , and they were on display in shop windows and in almost all the big stores in London so that I 'd imagined them in all the houses I could see from the bus . |
| 4 | I knew that I 'd loved you from the moment we first met and I 'd never stopped . ’ |
| 5 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 6 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 7 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 8 | Well to me it was a first time and being an unmarried man that I 'd earned anything like it . |
| 9 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 10 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 11 | He 'd see it as some kind of betrayal , that I 'd allowed someone from outside to see that things are n't as perfect as they ought to be . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | I looked at him closer ; trusted that he was not one of those ( not so many ) that I 'd pleasured myself with . |
| 15 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |
| 16 | ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says . |
| 17 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 18 | He regarded it as one of my most endearing qualities that I seemed to want nothing from him . |
| 19 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 20 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 21 | The very existence of the flood — the fact that I had invited it into my awareness — showed that I had emotional ‘ work ’ to do . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother . |
| 23 | This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance . |
| 24 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 25 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 26 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 27 | I did n't realise that I had lost it at the party . ’ |
| 28 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |