Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] it " 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 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | And I scratched it on there to make sure that I did n't forget it . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That song had so many lyrics and different types of music in there , that I did n't think it 'd go the distance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Publicly I said that I did n't think it was possible , but that was mainly to take some pressure off me . |
| 10 | I 'm just sorry that I did n't give it to you sooner . |
| 11 | It was just incompetence that I did n't get it done this week . |
| 12 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |
| 13 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |
| 14 | No one seems to worry about earthquakes , however : there was a slight tremor at about 8.30 a.m. one day last week , but it was so slight that I did n't notice it , although did . |
| 15 | Also , the other reason that I did not leave it in the centre of the airfield was that the flares , the gooseneck flares ( a device with paraffin and a sort of rough wick ) , were laid out for night flying . |
| 16 | I said that did I share his belief I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 17 | I said that , did I share his belief , I should not contemplate what I do , but that I did not share it . |
| 18 | I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first . |