Example sentences of "that [vb past] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 2 | Now that disappointed me I know , because I knew from where I stood , that the stuff was practically worthless . |
| 3 | No the only thing that consumed me I was looking to see if there was anyway that material from the seat could be used to sort of target us for a mailing system or something like that |
| 4 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 5 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 6 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
| 7 | Yeah It was n't that it was n't the lumps that bothered me it was the uhum , the fact that the edges just does n't stay down . |
| 8 | Above all it was the thought of Lily that tortured me I had promised to write every day . |