Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 2 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 3 | Er I just ringing through to say that I heard your er broadcast last week in respect of Carnfield Hall and I went on Saturday afternoon a gentleman named Hugh rang you up . |
| 4 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |
| 5 | But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’ |
| 6 | And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ? |
| 7 | I told her at once that I knew her secret , and made her promise not to send or receive any more letters . |
| 8 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 9 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 10 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
| 11 | It was then that I saw her wild , inhuman face ! |
| 12 | But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit . |
| 13 | It was much later that I realized my subconscious tendency towards preferring complicated solutions , merely to demonstrate my clever mental logic . |
| 14 | I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes . |
| 15 | He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned . |
| 16 | You did n't tell him that I got my |
| 17 | I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue . |
| 18 | It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area . |
| 19 | I hope that I chose my words with some care ; I do not want to add to them . |
| 20 | It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there . |
| 21 | I warned her that Drennan was trying to bribe your father with land and that I thought your father would accept the bribe ! ’ |
| 22 | They 're only some letters that I thought your mother would like to have ! ’ |
| 23 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 24 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 25 | But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry : |
| 26 | It was then that I made my mind up . |
| 27 | It was then that I made my never-to-be-forgotten answer , ‘ Mum 's lost , down the fair . ’ |
| 28 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 29 | It was there that I made my one and only good find , not of course taking into account the brass washout pipe plate . |
| 30 | I received it , along with her idea for making a Christmas fairy , just in time for the festive season and I 'm pleased to say that I made my fairy thanks to Mrs Sall and the post office . |