Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My conscience shouted that I had to inform . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In my case , I think it helped that I had a modest aptitude for football . |
| 4 | For myself , I pretended that I had left home with full approval , inventing for myself a Harrogate doctor father , fleshing out an imaginary family … . |
| 5 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 6 | I pretended that I did now , of course , so he did n't say anything else . |
| 7 | When I last wrote to you in January I mentioned that I hoped to be relieved of the secretarial duties of the B.A.E.C. by another member who had volunteered to take these over . |
| 8 | Then I mentioned that I had a Lawson Buford tuba solo from 1927 somewhere in my record collection and I was back in favour . |
| 9 | I mentioned that I missed my son and how I could n't see him . |
| 10 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 12 | I also found that I had a vitamin deficiency , and Anna-Lisa introduced me to vitamin supplements . |
| 13 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 14 | I found that I had far more anger in me than I ever realized . |
| 15 | ‘ When I got to my door I found that I had this cement cock in my pocket . |
| 16 | I hated speaking to large groups of people and normally would have avoided it at all costs , but I found that I had thought so much about this that telling other people was a relief . |
| 17 | As I checked in at Baghdad airport , I found that I had 100kg of excess baggage . |
| 18 | And er coming here I found that I had n't er put any of my vases in , so I had to go back again . |
| 19 | ‘ But I found that I had n't any money with me , so I came along here instead . ’ |
| 20 | I found that I had become very tired and once again Boris said ‘ It 's time to go . ’ |
| 21 | By the end of ‘ Great Expectations ’ I found that I had enjoyed the book and had found it thought provoking and interesting . |
| 22 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
| 23 | Now I found that I got results that way . |
| 24 | It made me uncomfortable , but I found that I grew more confident . |
| 25 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
| 26 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |
| 27 | I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously . |
| 28 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
| 29 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |
| 30 | I began by squeezing colour into a small ceramic well palette but found that I did not have enough colour for what I wanted to do . |