Example sentences of "that i had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 2 | The very existence of the flood — the fact that I had invited it into my awareness — showed that I had emotional ‘ work ’ to do . |
| 3 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 4 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 5 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 6 | But this time the girl was dead , and I knew that I had killed her . ’ |
| 7 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |
| 8 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother . |
| 10 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 11 | " I 'm sorry , Ms. Easterbrook , that I had to ask you to come up before we were able to remove Dr. Lorrimer 's body . |
| 12 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 13 | I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before . |
| 14 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 15 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 16 | She did n't realise , you see , that I had followed them , that I had seen them here together — and knew what they were planning . |
| 17 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 18 | " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once . |
| 19 | In paying my respects and tribute to the bereaved of the two soldiers and the young man killed , I am tempted to say that I thought that I had seen it all . |
| 20 | Nobody saw anything , and nobody could believe that I had done it . |
| 21 | I was surprised that I had made it this far . |
| 22 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 23 | I hoped that I had made it quite plain that there are several different constituent parts of the project . |
| 24 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 25 | I was surprised to see that the recording venue was good old Abbey Road Studios : there is such a prominent background rumble that I had assumed it must have been some city church . |
| 26 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 27 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 28 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 29 | Who said that I had given thee up . |
| 30 | I did n't realise that I had lost it at the party . ’ |