Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The greatest irony is that I thought he could help me in my research on rape , ’ she says . |
| 2 | The three and a half inch is as I said it 's approximately |
| 3 | And as I walk back through the streets the other thing fuelling this self-criticism is that I turned up there with the gun . |
| 4 | I remember doing a crossword once and I could n't imagine what this word was that I 'd got . |
| 5 | Another reason is that I thought writing in it might be like having someone to talk to , and if I read it back later it would be like someone talking to me . |
| 6 | I was indignant when one of her friends told me my mother had believed my Methodist conviction was because I had a crush on the minister . |
| 7 | So the reason I asked that question is because I wanted to see if you were already thinking like an archaeologist . |
| 8 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 9 | The second bit was that I had to identify Billy . |
| 10 | The second reason is that I wanted to educate the carp into finding bait in the area before I alter the character of the swim in any way . |
| 11 | Of course , my real reason was that I hoped to get him back , but it has n't worked . ’ |
| 12 | The second element was that I had just started working at the London School of Economics in October 1970 , which was exactly the same time as GLF started meeting there and LSE was in one of its periods of turmoil which involved me as someone working on the staff and excited me politically . |
| 13 | The only sad note was that I missed the second half and was given no credit for our victory , despite masterminding the whole tactical approach to the game . |
| 14 | The most obvious revelation was that I had a very ow opinion of myself and was constantly seeking the approval of others , because my mother had always withheld approval . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , the worst thing was that I missed it . ’ |
| 16 | The most frightening thing was that I thought it would never stop . |
| 17 | The only other major change is that I put Van Zandt pickups in them . |
| 18 | My answer to that long intervention is that I did not say that a payroll tax was the same as the selective employment tax . |
| 19 | ‘ However , the good news is that I managed to find the switch for the air-conditioning . |
| 20 | The one good thing was that I began to get on much better with my children . |
| 21 | The only curious thing was that I found in my room a handbill from a Frenchman trying to solicit backers to export parchment to France and import wine into England . |
| 22 | The correct factual position is as I said that er the County Planning Committee or the County Council has not considered that document . |
| 23 | My great good fortune was that I met Marian . |
| 24 | ‘ The important thing is that I got in a couple of block tackles , which was significant . |
| 25 | The greatest relief was that I had n't called in on my way down or I would have been with them . |
| 26 | My only worry was that I suspected Charlie had never bothered to pay any tax in the first place . |
| 27 | He told TODAY soon after the tragedy : ‘ My only crime is that I fell in love with another girl . ’ |
| 28 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 29 | The only snag was that I had bad after-effects from the anaesthetic . |
| 30 | The effect of this inner sweetness was that I began to sing what previously I had spoken ; only I sang inwardly , and that for my Creator . |