Example sentences of "[pron] that i [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ as if nothing that I 'd ever done mattered , only that I was here , part of the earth , at one with it , as they say . |
| 2 | And of course I had to admit in front of everyone that I did n't . |
| 3 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
| 4 | But it annoyed me that I had not got them worked out already . |
| 5 | It seems incredible to me that I had n't thought of separation before but it dawned on me suddenly one day that there was a way out and I could leave . |
| 6 | ‘ When I die , ’ she said , ‘ you can tell him from me that I had n't forgotten him . |
| 7 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 8 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 9 | I could feel him right outside , but it bothered me that I had n't done anything . |
| 10 | But it struck me that I had n't had time to do this for ages . |
| 11 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 12 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 13 | Well I did n't know anything about any none of us knew anything about anybody in those days , cos it was so early on in the , and we were n't , I was influenced more by people like blues er black blues singers , American blues singers like Muddy and Lightning , all those old blues , , er they were the heroes for me that I grew up with playing skiffle and and then Lonnie became my first Lonnie became by first hero and I er modelled a lot of my early singing on Lonnie . |
| 14 | You know I 'm , in some ways you know I 'm so glad I 've never had like well before you know it used to bother me that I 'd never had a long-term relationship and that |
| 15 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |
| 16 | If I was still having the baby I daresay I 'd consider it , but losing it made it quite clear to me that I did n't want what he offered . ’ |
| 17 | He has n't done anything to me that I did n't agree to … want . |
| 18 | My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 19 | Just to prove to me that I did n't frighten her . |
| 20 | The place had nothing to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 21 | Dragged answers from me that I did n't want to give . ’ |
| 22 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 23 | But Mr Frankland 's next words showed me that I did not need to worry . |
| 24 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 25 | I wrote to the Health Education Authority telling them that I did n't think their advertisements would affect lifestyles much , if at all . |
| 26 | she told them that , that 's mine , she told them that I did n't think much of this and I thought it was a rip off |
| 27 | Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one . |
| 28 | ‘ I must tell you that I quarrelled violently with your father once . |
| 29 | And I can assure you that I did n't shine the torch on her longer than I needed to satisfy myself that she was beyond any help that I could give . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I told you that I did n't see or speak to anybody . ’ |