Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [pron] " 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 It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been .
4 It was n't until later that I realised what it was .
5 ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril .
6 John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done .
7 ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then .
8 ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’
9 It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain .
10 ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’
11 ‘ 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 . ’
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 . ’
16 It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic .
17 It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 .
18 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 .
19 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 . ’
20 It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’
21 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 . ’
22 It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything .
23 It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke .
24 ‘ It was only when a few of the details were released that I realised it was me .
25 It was n't till the evening when we sat down and talked about it that I realised it could have been quite dangerous .
26 It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me !
27 I was so surprised that I followed him without a word .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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