Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 2 | We stood together in the entrance hall of the theatre where the show is produced , but I have to confess that I did n't recognize him . |
| 3 | Perhaps Lou had told him the monstrous lie that I did n't love him any more ? |
| 4 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 5 | That feeling lasted a while but after we 'd had the children something changed and I slowly realized that I did n't love her anymore . |
| 6 | ‘ In the end she had to realise she could n't manipulate me — that I did n't love her and never had in the true sense of the word . |
| 7 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 8 | The other thing , and this was just as important , was that I did n't feel I could play the drums well enough . ’ |
| 9 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , yes , man , but the point is that I did n't leave it , and now these confounded women have taken possession of the cottage . |
| 11 | All the time , I was shouting at him saying he was telling lies , I was trying to give him signs that I did n't mean it , and he told me he saw that . ’ |
| 12 | And I scratched it on there to make sure that I did n't forget it . |
| 13 | ‘ Because I made it crystal-clear , right from the start , that I did n't want you here , complicating my life . |
| 14 | Erm , I found out today , that I did n't realise she 'd actually passed a c , a beautician 's course , so I do n't know why she 's taught me out of all , has n't taught me how to go on . |
| 15 | and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have . |
| 16 | I w I I personally er made it clear at the time when they changed the rules er er fairly recently , that I did n't think they should . |
| 17 | And then , that I did n't think he had any deep feelings , but he had . |
| 18 | I replied that I did n't think I would be a very good secretary but that one day I would like to run my own gallery . |
| 19 | Well I do n't know it the way you two do the work it looks so fine that I did n't think I could see it properly . |
| 20 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That song had so many lyrics and different types of music in there , that I did n't think it 'd go the distance . |
| 22 | I was very open-minded towards drugs then and I would try anything that was going provided that I did n't think it was too dangerous … and I did like to analyse the thing , the substances , through literature . |
| 23 | ‘ Publicly I said that I did n't think it was possible , but that was mainly to take some pressure off me . |
| 24 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 25 | I 'm just sorry that I did n't give it to you sooner . |
| 26 | Just to prove to me that I did n't frighten her . |
| 27 | I found in the bottom of the freezer some pork that I did n't know we had . |
| 28 | two packets of chicken breasts that I did n't know we had . |
| 29 | I do n't know what it was about , but I know that it shocked me into the sort of terror that I did n't know I was capable of . |
| 30 | For transgressions that I did n't know I 'd made ? |