Example sentences of "[v-ing] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it . |
| 3 | From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement . |
| 4 | I believe now the driver — I did n't see who it was — was checking that I had left the pub . |
| 5 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 6 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
| 7 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 8 | This is an aspect of weaving that I had n't thought about until I read Audrey Palmer 's book ‘ Create with Knitweave ’ . |
| 9 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 10 | You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately . |
| 11 | I was so sure I was drowning that I forgot about the race and screamed out , " Father ! |
| 12 | Obviously , the volume of data by making notes and by taperecording that I acquired made it sensible for me to concentrate on the one school rather than the other . |
| 13 | And it was n't really until I left school and er went into nursing that I thought , now this is something I 'm starting on ev even with everybody else . |
| 14 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 15 | I had never before consciously thought about my kidney — or rather my kidneys — hardly realising that I had any . |
| 16 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 17 | I found , after experimenting that I did not need any glycerine at all as I managed to get the colour to work well with just a smudge from the wet brush . |
| 18 | ‘ Even today I was n't presuming that I had been chosen . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
| 20 | In the end , my knitting was getting so chewed with all the knitting and unravelling that I took it off on waste yarn . |
| 21 | Brilliant , I said , pretending that I 'd just got in . |
| 22 | I had a husband who was pretending that I did not have cancer , and a mother who tried to inspire me by showing me pictures of Page Three girls under banner headlines of ‘ How I conquered cancer ’ . |
| 23 | He still listened , but now I do n't think he was hearing me , not believing that I meant what I said . |
| 24 | Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ? |
| 25 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 26 | The letter announcing my visit lay unopened on the mat when she opened the door , and an hour later I came away believing that I admired a woman who could , under these circumstances and in some pain , treat me as if I had just stepped round the corner for a packet of tea ten minutes before , and talk to me about this and that , and nothing at all . |
| 27 | I touched his chest , remembering that I had wanted to desert him once . |
| 28 | ‘ Thank you for remembering that I wanted to see Karlovy Vary , ’ she opened sincerely . |
| 29 | but talking estimating the next one is that the one that we 'd originally called Talking Print Buying that I 'd got |
| 30 | But it was n't until the sawdust started flying that I remembered , my drink ! |