Example sentences of "[that] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’ |
2 | It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian . |
3 | It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been . |
4 | It was n't until later that I realised what it was . |
5 | ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril . |
6 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
7 | ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then . |
8 | ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’ |
9 | It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain . |
10 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
11 | ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’ |
12 | It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor . |
13 | It was only on re-reading Szasz that I realised I had been touched on a sensitive spot — the struggle for individual identity — and that that spot was central to the problem of anorexia nervosa . |
14 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
15 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
16 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
17 | It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 . |
18 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
19 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
20 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
21 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
22 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
23 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
24 | ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me . |
25 | It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous . |
26 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
27 | I was so surprised that I followed him without a word . |
28 | It 's small wonder that this plateau has claimed lives , since in the weather that I experienced it 's impossible to have any sense of direction at all without the constant use of a compass and map . |
29 | I loved Tom McMahon too — you must n't be thinking I did n't , that I cheated him , but it was a different sort of love . |
30 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |