Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he proposed that I should marry him , |
| 2 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 3 | I pointed out that people liked to have something to sit on but promised that I 'd leave him plenty of scope for pacing , which was the way he did his thinking . |
| 4 | In a moment of optimism my wife told me not to worry and pronounced that I could live perfectly well on one lung . |
| 5 | I doubted that I would find one in time . |
| 6 | The idea of finding out about the , the batsman was what he did in the cricket team , so that when I mentioned that I could say |
| 7 | It seemed to me that he was colder now , disappointed that I should have been found to have anything so hostile as escape equipment in my pockets . |
| 8 | In my early twenties I found that I would become aggressive when I was given a compliment . |
| 9 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 10 | And also I used to notice that there were quite a lot of em empty window , you know , in the flats , and erm you know I just got a feeling that this was really where I I found that I would be able to work , or that I wanted to work . |
| 11 | ‘ I also found that I could n't sit down properly , ’ says Otis . |
| 12 | Brian May is one of my favourite guitarists and I found that I could really relate to his window idea . |
| 13 | I found that I could quickly discard the handbook in favour of striking out on my own and was quite satisfied with the results . |
| 14 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 15 | I found that I could no longer hear the boat 's engine . |
| 16 | And I just found that I could talk to her , and I think she to me . |
| 17 | In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will . |
| 18 | After tearing both my ACL and MCL ( medial collateral ligament ) in a skiing accident last season , I decided to take the latter course and found that I could ski relatively safely with the aid of a brace . |
| 19 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 20 | I found that I could navigate |
| 21 | ‘ As a senior director , I 'm used to having complete creative authority while making a film and I found that I could n't carry out my job in the manner to which I had become accustomed . |
| 22 | ’ But then I found that I could , after all . ’ |
| 23 | When I meet women from other countries and they talk about Western feminism and Third World feminism , I did n't see it that way at all I was looking for a political party and I found that I could n't find any which suited my political beliefs and a party that combined Third World and British issues . |
| 24 | I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I could n't day in any other way — things that I had no words for . |
| 25 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 26 | ‘ I was so nervous and fatigued that I could n't concentrate . |
| 27 | But I also realized that I would be exceedingly lucky to keep my existing road and rail budgets , let alone add massive new expenditure . |
| 28 | Back at home I did n't mention that I had barely escaped being branded as a melon thief ; but now , having ridden a bicycle , I realized that I would not be happy until I possessed one of my own . |
| 29 | I realized that I might actually have a sin . |
| 30 | No I was just worrying that I always thought that I would never ever like come across anyone who I thought that I can even vaguely click with but I just realized that I can and it 's just quite a nice feeling . |