Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun sg] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would take far too long to tell you in detail how I identified the specific genetic patterns of these chromosomes ; you 'll have to accept my assurance that I believe I did identify them . ’ |
| 2 | It was only when I started to receive my magazine that I realised just how courageous the lifeboat crews are . |
| 3 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 4 | I told my GP that I intended going to Bristol as soon as I was well enough . |
| 5 | Have you persuaded my family that I do n't have two heads and a forked tail ? ’ she cried , trying to joke . |
| 6 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 7 | It had just crossed my mind that I had not had my boots off since the evening of the 4th June and it was now 8th June . |
| 8 | Moreover , it would appear that the difference is that the latter sentence expresses my belief that I have the belief that it is raining , and says that I have the belief that it is raining , and does not express the belief that it is raining or say that it is raining . |
| 9 | ( perhaps one should say that as such a psychological statement it would express my awareness that I have the belief rather than my belief that I have the belief , since belief is not quite the right word in this context , but let us leave such qualifications to be understood . ) |
| 10 | I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’ |
| 11 | My dear Paul , in ten minutes I am going to tell my board that I have become a convert to Catastrophe Theory . |
| 12 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |