Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 2 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 3 | Well to me it was a first time and being an unmarried man that I 'd earned anything like it . |
| 4 | He 'd see it as some kind of betrayal , that I 'd allowed someone from outside to see that things are n't as perfect as they ought to be . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 6 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 7 | Being that I 'd had one before and I was alright about it , I feel fine . |
| 8 | ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says . |
| 9 | He regarded it as one of my most endearing qualities that I seemed to want nothing from him . |
| 10 | But the main thing , after all , was that I had sent nothing abroad , although some diplomat friends had offered to do this for me . |
| 11 | This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance . |
| 12 | The thought that I had crushed something out of his life was a disquieting one . |
| 13 | No , I knew that I had seen someone , or something . |
| 14 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 15 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
| 16 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
| 17 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 18 | Even when , halfway through the morning he broke out with , ‘ Well , there 's no need for you to keep on and on about the table , ’ I did not point out that I had said nothing , that it was he who was ‘ going on and on about it ’ inside himself . |
| 19 | As a result I knew that I had recovered everything within the detecting capabilities of my old machine and did not expect that there would be anything left to be found . |
| 20 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 21 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 22 | ‘ But the day I wrote this song I honestly believed that I did love everyone ! ’ insists Paul , chirpily . |
| 23 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 24 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 25 | I reckoned that I needed to chance everything on a — well , it 's a bit like roulette , when you feel an inexplicable urge to stake everything on one number … |
| 26 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 27 | I felt that I needed to have someone around me all the time , whereas the others did not , and I was scared . |
| 28 | I was so proud of her that I wanted to take lots of photographs of her while she was young , just like a proud parent with a new baby . |
| 29 | The first of these statements was such an insult to my intelligence that I wanted to punch Mr Kinnock on the nose , and the second so downright outrageous that I wanted to do something worse . |
| 30 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |