Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’ |
| 2 | It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor . |
| 5 | It was only on re-reading Szasz that I realised I had been touched on a sensitive spot — the struggle for individual identity — and that that spot was central to the problem of anorexia nervosa . |
| 6 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 7 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 8 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
| 9 | It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 . |
| 10 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 11 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 12 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
| 13 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 14 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
| 15 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 16 | ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me . |
| 17 | It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous . |
| 18 | I was so surprised that I followed him without a word . |
| 19 | It 's small wonder that this plateau has claimed lives , since in the weather that I experienced it 's impossible to have any sense of direction at all without the constant use of a compass and map . |
| 20 | I loved Tom McMahon too — you must n't be thinking I did n't , that I cheated him , but it was a different sort of love . |
| 21 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 22 | It was just lucky that I spotted it in time and did something about it at such an early age , or God knows what the child might have turned into , with Saul 's soul possessing him . |
| 23 | That was the point that I heard him make in Brighton . |
| 24 | Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding . |
| 25 | ‘ Except that I heard you threaten to . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It was just that I heard it call so I knew there must be one about . ’ |
| 27 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 28 | It was just then that I heard it ; a small knocking sound coming from the direction of the cupboard . |
| 29 | Put against the letters that I wrote they 've all been sent out . |
| 30 | I am not sure now if I ever proceeded to knock ; it is quite possible , given the alarming nature of what I heard , that I judged it best to withdraw altogether . |