Example sentences of "that [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster . |
| 2 | okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ? |
| 3 | ‘ I think , Mr Boldwood , that although I respect you very much , I do n't feel — enough for you — to accept your proposal . ’ |
| 4 | Thank you the only is that you will have seen organised generally supported that although I think we could support it a lot better than we have . |
| 5 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 6 | Well they 'd always got an excuse but he said , she could n't deny that cos I see it ! |
| 7 | I got Optrex in my room but I bought that cos I used it so much . |
| 8 | ‘ Look Katie , your job is your business , I admit that until I met you I did n't have a lot of time for the police . |
| 9 | I think that until I drop I will clean wherever I happen to be on Saturday morning . |
| 10 | ‘ I wo n't know that until I meet her at lunchtime . |
| 11 | ‘ But the thing about Robbo is that he is a determined beggar and I know that if I ask him , he will say OK if he 's ready . |
| 12 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 13 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 14 | I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’ |
| 15 | But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me . |
| 16 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
| 17 | Yet fear it I did , so greatly did the idea come to me that if I took her up to the cave to meet Elsbeth , she would somehow have trapped me instead of I her . |
| 18 | for it and he said well , well er basically it just got down to well if you kiss me I 'll give it to you and then , and then he decided that if I kissed him |
| 19 | Now we 're fortunate with with this that if I turn it on it 's very quiet but if any of you had and I 'm sure Jeff you 've probably seen it where you get some older machines and the fan in there rattles like mad and there 's nothing worse than having that thing rattling all all the day . |
| 20 | I know that if I left him , I would never be happy again . |
| 21 | Write down ‘ I really want … , but I 'm afraid that if I get it … ’ |
| 22 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 23 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 24 | Speaking in the medical magazine Pulse , Mr Butland says : ‘ I have said to the region that if I feel we are unable to support fundholding we do not believe the number should be increased . ’ |
| 25 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 26 | Now you said that if I gave you X cos squared three X it might be a bit easier to integrate . |
| 27 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 28 | And that if I post it tomorrow Friday . |
| 29 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 30 | At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way . |