Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver assumed that I had come to see the church at Eyam , with its special exhibition featuring the events of 1665 and 1666 , when the bubonic plague visited the village . |
| 2 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |
| 3 | For all his ego and vanity , even Florian has never for a moment imagined that I felt any sort of lust or love for him , although he also has no idea just how selfish and immature I do find him outside a broadcasting studio . |
| 4 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 5 | My appearance showed that I had been on the surface — and the officials were kind enough to put some healants on my ( superficial ) burns while they sent mandroids to check my story . |
| 6 | It was on the morning when registration began that I had my fatal encounter . |
| 7 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 8 | My conscience shouted that I had to inform . |
| 9 | The only comment I wish to make at this stage is that the court recognised that I had no intention to act in defiance of an order of the court or to hold myself above the law . |
| 10 | ‘ I had to leave , ’ he said heavily , ‘ because my conscience dictated that I inform on the Nazis . ’ |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman said that I had said that we would keep internment on the statute book . |
| 12 | When a friend suggested that I take up racing , my initial reaction was that at 42 I was too old . |
| 13 | He believed me and the next day suggested that I moved out . |
| 14 | That morning Doreen 's absence meant that I had to make the coffee and take in the biscuits to Mr Hutton . |
| 15 | ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’ |
| 16 | It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late . |
| 17 | A dietitian suggested that I had milk shakes with raw eggs to build me up , yet , the Bristol diet denied both ingredients . |
| 18 | My diary records such incidents as , ‘ Had to eat another roll at breakfast , much to my disgust ’ , or ‘ M. insisted that I eat another piece of toast , so I walked out in disgust . ’ |
| 19 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
| 20 | I decided this would be a good experimental site on which to try my new detector , and for the first hour of detecting felt that I had been right in my assumption that I had really cleaned this place out . |
| 21 | When the good Doctor suggested that I override your wish and write to … ’ |
| 22 | It 's you know and my pride was getting a little bit dented that I 'd been selling market for years suddenly I was n't doing this . |
| 23 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 24 | ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says . |
| 25 | It would have been so easy and commonplace to move into some bushes ; but my partner insisted that I light my second candle . |
| 26 | ‘ I originally got them down first to 100 , then to 80 , but finance dictated that I select a smaller number . |
| 27 | It was after Mother left that I started thinking like that . " |
| 28 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |