Example sentences of "that i had [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit . |
2 | Often they say , ‘ I thought that I had been through all this and settled it in my mind ten years ago , yet here I am having to come to terms with the same issue all over again . ’ |
3 | This school looked so much bigger than the other two primary schools that I had been to . |
4 | Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight . |
5 | My appearance showed that I had been on the surface — and the officials were kind enough to put some healants on my ( superficial ) burns while they sent mandroids to check my story . |
6 | I wished again that I had been at B.P. with Angela and Anne and Wendy and my other ‘ comrades ’ . |
7 | As it turned out , Mother was still delighted to remind all her friends that I had been among the first women from the East End to sign the register . |
8 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |
9 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |