Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking . |
2 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | And put them your side since we found that I did them for you . |
5 | I was half asleep against his shoulder and then … suddenly I realized that I wanted him to kiss me . |
6 | Now if I was a cadre and I received that I think I would be thinking right erm if I really want to be at the forefront of this that 's the policy that I want to promote erm and if the peasants in my area are not demanding this and not achieving this well we , I , I ca n't be seen not to be going it , I 've got ta go with this . |
7 | So that if it happened that I died they would be able to make a campaign issue of it . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms . |
10 | However a 55 minute delivery when I was already on the way home on a Wednesday afternoon , meant that I missed it . |
11 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |
12 | I worked hard all week and so felt that I deserved them , I suppose . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | To balance that out they knew that I loved them . " |
15 | ‘ 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 . |
16 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
17 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
18 | I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first . |
19 | Only the pain was getting rather tedious and Meg insisted that I had it done now before I retired , on the theory I suppose , that better in the Government 's time than my own . " |
20 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |
21 | Nothing could have been contrived to accord less well with his lovat green country suit and hat but , he explained , ‘ She simply insisted that I wear it . |
22 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
23 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
24 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |
25 | I said that I thought they were wrong ; but that if that was their reason for declining to serve I could only accept it and be sorry . |
26 | Back in Britain writing my last newsletter to the Group in Scotland I had loved and brought together , I said that I thought we had to be much bolder , taking an a priori stance on the fact that there could be no discrimination against women . |
27 | I answered my own question , and said that I thought we must be middle class , and reflected very precisely in that moment on my mother 's black waisted coat with the astrakhan collar , and her high-heeled black suede shoes , her lipstick . |
28 | Oh right , I see when you said that I thought he was going to an army regiment that they put up in Gloucester |
29 | I said that I thought it would be alright and made arrangements to meet him again at the church on the following Saturday afternoon to discuss details . |
30 | I said that I thought I could just about get my act together sufficiently to come . |