Example sentences of "[that] i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
2 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
3 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
4 | Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one . |
5 | The first thing that I noticed when I arrived in the dusty Managua airport , besides the tanks parked in the landing field , was an enormous poster of an unmistakable Daniel Ortega , clad in blue jeans and a cowboy shirt , holding an infant with an earring . |
6 | In fact , I 'd become so accustomed to relying on her that I wondered how I would . |
7 | that I did n't I brought the rest for Laddy . |
8 | It was n't until I was much older still that I found out she 'd committed suicide . ’ |
9 | Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer . |