Example sentences of "[vb past] that i had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For myself , I pretended that I had left home with full approval , inventing for myself a Harrogate doctor father , fleshing out an imaginary family … . |
| 2 | I found that I had become very tired and once again Boris said ‘ It 's time to go . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | By the end of ‘ Great Expectations ’ I found that I had enjoyed the book and had found it thought provoking and interesting . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 7 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 8 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They — the earrings — belonged to my mother , so I value them , and naturally I was very concerned when I realised that I had lost — ’ |
| 12 | As I made the turn and dive I realised that I had lost lateral control and the wing " roll and dive " was increasing alarmingly . |
| 13 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command . |
| 16 | ‘ But I realised that I had spoken too soon , ’ he continued . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 19 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The formalities took some weeks , but by the end of July 1939 , I learnt that I had got the job . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Moving outside to fit the new cylinder , I noticed that I had dropped the tiny rubber washer that fitted between the cylinder and stove . |
| 24 | It happened that I had come to ‘ cut and sew ’ necklines in class . |
| 25 | You know , I was embarrassed to tell my mother that I was pregnant , because it showed that I had had sex . |
| 26 | The King could not persuade me , and unfortunately he never forgot that I had refused to do what he wanted . |
| 27 | Can you believe it , I almost forgot that I had left it there ? ’ |
| 28 | I forgot that I had left them there , ’ she said , and then , ‘ Oh , Dr Neil , you did n't … ? ’ |
| 29 | I replied that I had watched my television all day when the first man stepped on the moon . |
| 30 | And after we had met again , he observed that I had achieved what he called ‘ poise ’ . |