Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends .
2 ‘ I used to think , sometimes , that I 'd built a house for strangers to live in .
3 Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me .
4 I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you .
5 So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it .
6 I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job .
7 So he came to the conclusion that I 'd torn a muscle .
8 ‘ Or would I start screaming that I 'd left a soufflé in the oven , or forgotten to get the coat back from the cleaners , or I was too young to die … ’
9 ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered .
10 After a while , though , I began to feel sure that I 'd spotted a Gharrgoyle — or maybe a different one at different times — wriggling through the crowds behind me .
11 There 's a poster up in erm , and these two people that are drug addicts , and said like , did you see that I 'd drawn a pair of ears on one of them , turned around and seen Shane and he 's like his mate was the other one , were n't it ?
12 I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction .
13 When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . "
14 ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’
15 Perhaps it was while watching the faces , that I began to get a mirror of my own doubts .
16 The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions .
17 Now that I had reached a town , there was an elaborate routine to undergo .
18 I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster .
19 I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity .
20 I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well .
21 I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction .
22 And I followed this with a suitably modest smile to indicate without ambiguity that I had made a witticism , since I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness .
23 Not surprisingly I have never heard from any of them since , although I felt that I had made a number of new and lasting Russian friendships that night .
24 Then I thought that maybe I was at fault , that I had borne a grudge too long .
25 My canoe had turned side on to the river and against the flow and as I turned to see what the noise was I realised that I had hit a log sticking out of the water .
26 But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things .
27 Now if you do n't tell them that on the phone they 'll use the banker 's order , ah now you did n't tell me Trevor that I had to sign a banker 's order is n't er
28 It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story .
29 I began to think that I had found a friend , and I answered him at once .
30 ‘ Perhaps I wanted to convince her that I had found a replacement for her and she was wasting her time in trying to fan burned-out ashes to life . ’
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