Example sentences of "that [conj] i did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties . |
| 2 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 3 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 4 | I found that if I did this , I felt much better and had the feeling that everything would be all right . |
| 5 | He went on to say that if I did not return I would be making myself voluntarily homeless and would never be re-housed . |
| 6 | Once again , I felt that if I did not somehow sublimate my pain , I should be irretrievably lost . |
| 7 | ‘ I reckon that if I did n't have that cigarette first thing in the morning , I could last out and resist the rest of the day . |
| 8 | Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep . |
| 9 | How could I say that if I did not really believe God was sovereign when something affected me ? |
| 10 | ‘ I explained that if I did n't start on something really tough , I would never have had the willpower to finish it off , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Starting each hymn on the right note was a great problem for most of us , but I found that if I did not think too deeply about this but started off almost instinctively I generally hit something like the right note , thanks to my years as a choir boy in Maidenhead . |
| 12 | After an hour I realized that if I did n't go after her , I 'd never be a man . ’ |
| 13 | Such an appeal was not to be resisted , but first I had to tell Meehan that if I did look into his case , I must feel myself free to come to whatever conclusions my investigations led me , ‘ whether in your favour or not ’ . |
| 14 | My gynaecologist suggested that if I did n't want a hysterectomy there were two other solutions — pills or laser treatment to burn away the excess tissue . |
| 15 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 16 | I thought that if I did n't get out I might end up being thrown out . |
| 17 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 18 | He then pointed to his forehead , growling that if I did n't have anything up there then I could n't be a singer . |
| 19 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 20 | ‘ On returning , I mentioned to Ronnie that if I did n't know better — having miscarried only five weeks before — I 'd think I was pregnant , ’ remembers Allison . |
| 21 | From " If you want them , there are biscuits " it does not follow that if there are none , you do n't want any , and from " I could have if I chose to " it does not follow that if I did n't choose to do the thing , I was n't able to do it . |
| 22 | A profoundly deaf therapist said : ‘ I do feel that if I did n't have this type of job where I 'm meeting different people every day I would withdraw very quickly into myself . ’ |
| 23 | I was certain , although I could not have said why , that if I did not answer correctly this might well be the end . |
| 24 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
| 25 | He said that if I did n't do it he 'd stop me having baths or going out in the cellar . |
| 26 | Seeing my disappointed expression , she said that if I did n't want the watch she would keep it herself and give my mother money instead to buy something I would really like . |
| 27 | At the most he dropped hints that if I did my job and toed the line he would look after me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |
| 29 | I knew you might work it out but I reasoned that if I did n't rush forward to explain all , you might catch the culprit first and never have to trouble me . ’ |
| 30 | they said that if I did n't get it done within the next fortnight it would close up . |