Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’ |
| 2 | Is this the chicken that I saw earlier transformed into little breaded |
| 3 | because er it 's obviously gon na fill a gap in my financial planning that I 'd not thought about in the past so I did find it particularly helpful . |
| 4 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 5 | ‘ Though of course before that I 'd already done my bit : I was one of Our Lads , I was an Expeditionary , part of the Task Force that recaptured Maggie 's surrendered popularity . ’ |
| 6 | There was never any budget and so I was just using stuff that I 'd already recorded here and there — hence the roughness of it . |
| 7 | That morning I was so ecstatic about my triumph in seducing the dog-owner 's daughter that I 'd completely forgotten about Jamila 's big decision . |
| 8 | But I was glad that I 'd finally had sex — it was a way of proving that my parents and Uncle Joe had n't destroyed my life . |
| 9 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 10 | I 'm thinking about marketing my services on quality and relating to customers in a way that I 'd just begun to think of before but now it 's come right to the front . |
| 11 | If I left a table in Fif 's that I 'd just acquired , I might attract attention . |
| 12 | Apparently he was a bit worried , so I said — oh , it sounds silly — that we 'd only just got back , that I 'd just sat down … . ’ |
| 13 | I remember waking up in the middle of the night with a big smile on my face , feeling really pleased with myself , thinking that I 'd just had a wet dream . |
| 14 | Brilliant , I said , pretending that I 'd just got in . |
| 15 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 16 | She was the loveliest girl that I 'd ever seen in my life , and her voice was like music . |
| 17 | ‘ as if nothing that I 'd ever done mattered , only that I was here , part of the earth , at one with it , as they say . |
| 18 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 19 | Not that I 'd ever tried it , but , that sort of thing , semolina , and all that , |
| 20 | It is pure irony that after a climb involving some of the most sustained smooth rock that I 'd ever encountered , the finish involved a traverse of wire cable attached to a telepherique station , a swing down and across metal laddering and a hand-traverse of the spars which guide the telepherique into its housing . |
| 21 | I replied cautiously , acutely aware that I had n't seen Spock and Kirk do their thing for years and that I 'd only seen one episode of the new series . |
| 22 | As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player … |
| 23 | That I 'd actually done it I suppose . |
| 24 | You know how I do , I could n't remember that I 'd actually started the the Easter term doing the erm choices etcetera , I always thought it was the later half of that term , the latter half of that term . |
| 25 | Not that I 'd actually had nightmares about that . |
| 26 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 27 | Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now . |
| 28 | I thought that it was probably some stupid village prank , but that I 'd better get in as soon as possible in case something odd was happening . |
| 29 | And the bravado caused me to forget about caution and to head for a place that I 'd earlier avoided — because it was my favourite night-spot in Uulaa-la . |
| 30 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |