Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting .
2 I mentioned that I missed my son and how I could n't see him .
3 Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it .
4 When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities .
5 Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot .
6 And put them your side since we found that I did them for you .
7 I was half asleep against his shoulder and then … suddenly I realized that I wanted him to kiss me .
8 Automatically I checked that I had plenty of fuel myself .
9 I realised that I needed something that was a bit more active and fairly creative , preferably something that included both sexes .
10 ‘ I realised that I needed someone strong who was next to me and she is it , ’ says Sacha .
11 Later , he would tell Radio One 's Janice Long : ‘ I believed that I had my own work to do .
12 He 'd expected it , he added , since he noticed that I had my own plate and cup at work , and bought tea for whoever was sitting with me .
13 Returning to Reine that afternoon , I caught sight of Jean-Claude slipping into the dark urban cleft that was the rue de Sèvres , and I noticed that I felt nothing , neither curi-osity nor apprehension .
14 So that if it happened that I died they would be able to make a campaign issue of it .
15 It is exactly the sort of corkscrew I always use but the room was so dark and I so flurried that I drove it in sideways and broke the cork .
16 Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere .
17 It was on the morning when registration began that I had my fatal encounter .
18 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
19 ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’
20 I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job .
21 However a 55 minute delivery when I was already on the way home on a Wednesday afternoon , meant that I missed it .
22 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 .
23 I worked hard all week and so felt that I deserved them , I suppose .
24 And that 's when I felt that I wished I had of went for a career in the trade union or I felt that had I done that , I would have been satisfying something that was there .
25 I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night .
26 Now I felt that I wanted nothing else in the world but to be allowed to read this dismal grammar all winter .
27 Because I knew that I had my weaknesses , perhaps that is the reason that I was not more successful .
28 To balance that out they knew that I loved them . "
29 ‘ I know it 's too late now and that it — it does n't make any difference , ’ she said raggedly , ‘ but when I saw you again I knew that I loved you , too .
30 Nevertheless , I knew that I needed something far beyond that which could be offered by the NHS .
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