Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] that i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |
| 2 | I finally realized that I 've got to live with that . |
| 3 | When I finally accepted that I create my own reality , I was excited but scared . |
| 4 | I also realized that I have a responsibility , not only to young black kids but to all young people , of every colour and creed . |
| 5 | He also insisted that I put a notice in the local paper in order to thank ‘ … all friends , Welsh and English , for their kindness and support during his recent attack of lung cancer and was happy to report that he was now well on the way to recovery ’ . |
| 6 | They also insisted that I sue their front door — and not my own — so that people had to go through their gallery . |
| 7 | With hindsight , it was inevitable my application to continue full-time study would be refused , for in their eyes I had wandered long enough in the margins and so my hierarchy now ordered that I return to the basics of uniform police duties . |
| 8 | They even demanded that I take a Wassermann test in order to be sure that I was n't suffering from syphilis . |
| 9 | Nothing could have been contrived to accord less well with his lovat green country suit and hat but , he explained , ‘ She simply insisted that I wear it . |
| 10 | On her way out Mrs Bradshaw again suggested that I phone the police , and I promised to think about it in the morning . |
| 11 | The Principal , a frightful piece of lava from a volcano long extinct , actually insisted that I relinquish domestic tuition , simperingly permitted the murky phrase sexual harassment to hover in the air between us , and indicated that in the course of the aestival recess he might be reconsidering the terms and conditions of my employment . |