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 . |