Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] this " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon .
2 Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it .
3 Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used .
4 The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain .
5 When I told her about this
6 When I told her about this .
7 When I questioned him about this , he replied enigmatically that certain rock formations which had existed when they had arrived , had since disappeared and that he could swear that the rocks in some places had moved closer together .
8 I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way .
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