Example sentences of "that i [vb past] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | I told her at once that I knew her secret , and made her promise not to send or receive any more letters . |
| 3 | It was then that I saw her wild , inhuman face ! |
| 4 | But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit . |
| 5 | I looked around and I hit her such a bloody fourpenny one that I knocked her flying . |
| 6 | ‘ I wish that I had her guts , ’ I thought . |
| 7 | ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’ |
| 8 | And the idea that I resisted her desire to vamoose from my apartment , that I was unmoved when she burst into tears — how could I , an aficionado of opera , fail to respond to lachrymosity ? — is a ridiculous exaggeration . |
| 9 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 10 | That I did in fact think this way , and that her assumptions about my assumptions were in fact correct , is borne out by the fact that I interpreted her words quickly , and that she seemed perfectly satisfied with my interpretation . |
| 11 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |