Example sentences of "that i was [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wanted to know , inside my own head , that I was betraying his trust in me the way he 'd betrayed mine . |
| 2 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 3 | It seemed the weather had beaten me and that I was wasting my time . |
| 4 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 5 | I then told him that I was collecting her works and would like to buy them from him . |
| 6 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 7 | I was happy that I was having my own baby but sometimes I used to cry for nothing and I was easily upset . |
| 8 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 9 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 10 | I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice . |
| 12 | She was jealous that I was to bear her husband 's son — I could not hate her for that . |
| 13 | And the thought that I was bedding his daughter … ’ |