Example sentences of "[verb] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother . |
| 2 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
| 3 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 4 | But when she writes or herself , her tone is almost girlish : ‘ The romantic world seems to have supposed that I kissed the sculptor last week . |
| 5 | ‘ Did you know that I married six months after you did ? |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , ’ sighed Babushka , ‘ I am too late but I shall lay my black bread in the manager , then the Christ Child will know that I came . |
| 7 | Er I mean , you will know that I wrote a book called No time for Ostriches in when I was on the back benches , in favour of work fare . |
| 8 | ‘ How do you know that I knew Elise ? ’ he asked in a low voice . |
| 9 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 10 | How did he know that I had n't slept ? |
| 11 | For you must know that I had a twin brother , as beautiful as the day , and gentle as a fawn , and wholesome as new bread and butter , whose company pleased me so much , as mine also pleased him , that we swore an oath never to marry but to live forever peacefully in the castle , and hunt and play together the livelong day . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 13 | And I 'd know that I 'd incurred that expense . |
| 14 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
| 15 | Feeling really invigorated I decided to spend my remaining time in the gym and let those machines really know that I meant business ! |
| 16 | I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly . |
| 17 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 18 | If I were experienced and sophisticated like Marise , he might get involved with me anyway , because he 'd know that I understood the game and would n't get hurt . |
| 19 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't know that I did . ’ |
| 21 | What did they know that I did n't ? |
| 22 | " And you wo n't let him know that I phoned you ? " |
| 23 | In those days before the National Health Service , one did not run off to the doctor except in real emergencies ; but , at this juncture , my mother , noticing that I showed unusual signs of debility , urged me to seek medical advice . |
| 24 | My conscience shouted that I had to inform . |
| 25 | During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course . |
| 26 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 27 | You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs . |
| 28 | Sooner or later I would have to accept that I needed to look elsewhere . |
| 29 | How very difficult it was to accept that I did need it and to show that I needed it . |
| 30 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |