Example sentences of "i that [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |
| 2 | At this point I found myself wondering how anything so ugly could be so beautiful for believe me that one cat had stirred a new urge in me , the excitement of catching something totally new . |
| 3 | Jamila told me that one day Anwar came into the shop and discovered Changez snoring as he sat on his stool , while in front of his closed eyes an SL was shoving a jar of herrings down his trousers . |
| 4 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I remember … when I said you never talked about your parents , and you told me that one day you would tell me all about them . |
| 6 | He told me that one factor which had greatly influenced him was her suggestion that on election day Granada should shift Coronation Street so as not to keep in many of his supporters who would otherwise be thinking of going to the polls . |
| 7 | For the sake of this exercise , it matters little that , as a Soviet planner , I fail to narrow the gap between my compressor technology and yours ; nor does it concern me that one rouble of imported Western equipment requires five roubles in investment support : if the six roubles I invest produce fifty roubles of output , how have I injured myself ? |
| 8 | Told me that one youth was in custody and another due to appear in court for the break-ins . |
| 9 | The present owner of the rectory told me that one thing people notice when they go round the garden is that there are now no garage doors . |
| 10 | But out of earshot of the boss , one of the workers told me that two campers had been mauled only the previous week . |
| 11 | It was quite clear to me that 260,000 people would be reduced very substantially and that for every person who was made redundant in British Steel , seven people were affected — another three in the family , plus the people serving that family in the shops and in other ways . |
| 12 | It amuses me that eight years ago I had two homes — but I digress again . |
| 13 | No , you pay me that ninety pound back |
| 14 | Alice were having I said just lend me that twenty pound note cos you , and God knows what she thought the bill was I says I 've got seven pound , I says just lend me your twenty pound note , I says you 'll still have enough to pay I says and I 'll give you it back when I get home , you know ? |