Example sentences of "[vb infin] that i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you know that I married six months after you did ? |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ How do you know that I knew Elise ? ’ he asked in a low voice . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | How did he know that I had n't slept ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 9 | And I 'd know that I 'd incurred that expense . |
| 10 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
| 11 | Feeling really invigorated I decided to spend my remaining time in the gym and let those machines really know that I meant business ! |
| 12 | I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't know that I did . ’ |
| 17 | What did they know that I did n't ? |
| 18 | " And you wo n't let him know that I phoned you ? " |
| 19 | ‘ Now Marguerite will think that I came running to you to beg to go home . |
| 20 | She said huskily , ‘ Surely you ca n't really think that I had anything to do with this ? ’ |
| 21 | From the look on her face you 'd think that I had confessed to a desire to murder her family and steal all her money . |
| 22 | Mind you anybody would think that I sold headlights . |
| 23 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 24 | You 'd much prefer that I did n't . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ How could I explain that I did n't have the money to go ? |
| 26 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
| 27 | Not until I was out in the open countryside again , reassured by the songs of the birds and the murmur of streams did I feel that I had emerged from a dream and rejoined the familiar twentieth century . |
| 28 | Oh I did n't feel that I had any gripes from our point of view . |
| 29 | There was silence for a moment , and the sounds of the hospital intruded again briefly , then Belinda blurted , ‘ What made you feel that I needed to know about it , Faye ? ’ |
| 30 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |