Example sentences of "[vb infin] that i was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
| 3 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 4 | I do n't think that I was in a minority of one in finding this performance , particularly the absolutely shattering playing of the Finale , incredibly moving — the thunderous howl of approval that greeted the final chord bears that out . |
| 5 | The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path . |
| 6 | He should understand that I was in favour of a social charter in Europe before there was any such thing as the European Community . |
| 7 | Well that would imply that I was in a pretty bad way and normally would n't do |
| 8 | Does n't that mean that I was at least a little sober ? |
| 9 | ‘ So why do you care that I was with her that night ? ’ |