Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sent it to several publishers and recommended that I accept an offer from Norton , a fairly up-market American book firm . |
| 2 | The specialist diagnosed an ‘ inflamed pubic bone ’ and recommended that I wear an athletic support for sport . |
| 3 | The executives agreed and asked that I act as the facilitator . |
| 4 | The GP visited again 10 days after his first call and asked that I continue to review the wound regularly and alter the dressings as necessary . |
| 5 | I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one . |
| 6 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
| 7 | I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably . |
| 8 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 9 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 10 | It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially . |
| 11 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 12 | I experienced the agonisingly slow passage of time and decided that I needed to go to the toilet . |
| 13 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |
| 14 | He gave me schnapps and insisted that I stay at the hotel the SS man had mentioned . |
| 15 | I found the format patronising and alienating , and felt that I did not belong . |
| 16 | Then I watched the re-run on the screen and saw that I had come third . |
| 17 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 18 | After what seemed an eternity , and was well over two hours , I felt the marsh ground underfoot change to shingle and knew that I had reached the shore . |
| 19 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 20 | and thought that I 'd bought it . |
| 21 | I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before . |
| 22 | I got very drunk , and dreamt that I understood Walt Disney . |
| 23 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 24 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |
| 25 | I got in touch with Bloom and said that I thought the guy had talent and Bloom told me that he was having a wedding anniversary party in Soho , which is in the centre of London , and to give the group £20 and see what he was like . |
| 26 | I answered my own question , and said that I thought we must be middle class , and reflected very precisely in that moment on my mother 's black waisted coat with the astrakhan collar , and her high-heeled black suede shoes , her lipstick . |
| 27 | I stood in the doorway of the sitting-room and said that I had . |
| 28 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 29 | I had a letter from her this morning in which she said she had a bronchial chill and hoped that I fared better . |
| 30 | Or rather , she wanted to say , you talked and ruined my life , I listened and wished that I had n't . |