Example sentences of "[vb past] that i have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My conscience shouted that I had to inform . |
| 2 | For myself , I pretended that I had left home with full approval , inventing for myself a Harrogate doctor father , fleshing out an imaginary family … . |
| 3 | I found that I had become very tired and once again Boris said ‘ It 's time to go . ’ |
| 4 | I hated speaking to large groups of people and normally would have avoided it at all costs , but I found that I had thought so much about this that telling other people was a relief . |
| 5 | By the end of ‘ Great Expectations ’ I found that I had enjoyed the book and had found it thought provoking and interesting . |
| 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 later realized that I had posed during a crucial period , and the tiny bronzes that resulted ( for that size prevailed ) continue daily to touch me . |
| 8 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 9 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
| 10 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 11 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 12 | I finally realized that I 've got to live with that . |
| 13 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I watched the re-run of the race on the big stadium scoreboard , checked that I had run second and then went back under to collect my kit from the airless , sweat-filled room where it had been taken from the start . |
| 16 | He agreed that I had gone about as far as I could go in Moose Jaw , and together we composed a night-letter telegram to Gladstone Murray in Ottawa requesting a reply to my job application . |
| 17 | They — the earrings — belonged to my mother , so I value them , and naturally I was very concerned when I realised that I had lost — ’ |
| 18 | As I made the turn and dive I realised that I had lost lateral control and the wing " roll and dive " was increasing alarmingly . |
| 19 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 20 | I set off from Beirut for Jerusalem in the late autumn of 1980 ; and the moment I entered Rafi Horowitz 's office in Jerusalem , I realised that I had set myself no easy assignment . |
| 21 | Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command . |
| 22 | ‘ But I realised that I had spoken too soon , ’ he continued . |
| 23 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 24 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 25 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The formalities took some weeks , but by the end of July 1939 , I learnt that I had got the job . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Moving outside to fit the new cylinder , I noticed that I had dropped the tiny rubber washer that fitted between the cylinder and stove . |
| 30 | It happened that I had come to ‘ cut and sew ’ necklines in class . |