Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun sg] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 2 | But that 's during my time that I remember . |
| 3 | We never came to any agreement , but I can say for my part that I developed fairly firm ideas of my own on the matter during the course of such discussions , and they are by and large the beliefs I still hold today . |
| 4 | I was so anxious not to be late for my appointment that I got to Passy two hours early . |
| 5 | It is perhaps better for my soul that I have been , instead , undistinguished and obscure . |
| 6 | ‘ If you had n't known before , it must surely have occurred to you then , that it was a measure of my besottedness that I let you get away with it . ’ |
| 7 | It was a measure of my despair that I dared to be so disdainful . |
| 8 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 9 | In Joffre 's own words , that night ‘ I wished more than at any time of my life that I had the gift of omnipresence . ’ |
| 10 | I feel now that I 've got an epitaph at the end of my life that I did something , I was n't a taker … |
| 11 | It was with this old — and , to my mind , unresolved — dispute at the back of my mind that I came to write ‘ Hylas Fights Back ’ . |
| 12 | There 's only one girl of my age that I 've known who 's on the cap . |
| 13 | It was not until the cheers had subsided and Reg Pybus had pointed out the rashness of my statement that I decided instead on getting the match abandoned . |
| 14 | Meester Northcliffe , ’ he trilled — and it was a measure of my disorientation that I took this further name-change in my faltering stride . |
| 15 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
| 16 | It was at this stage of my search that I started to find lead weights . |
| 17 | I was so excited with my discovery that I did not get much sleep that night . |
| 18 | It was not with my reason that I had fallen in love with him and come to live with him , but it was with my reason that I was going to leave him . |
| 19 | Erm first of all if I may just er point out that the example I put with my paper that I have submitted today , and I thank you for the er indulgence in allowing me to produce it so late , was simply that there was one particular appeal of decision where an inspector remarked particularly on the lack of a local or a development plan policy relating to generally relating to the countryside . |
| 20 | Knowing you , Jesus , brings so much joy and hope into my life that I want to share you with everyone I meet , |
| 21 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
| 22 | I got so tired of having juice pouring into my bag that I take it in a little lemonade bottle now . |
| 23 | You may gather from my behaviour that I meant you , not Jones . |
| 24 | Erm yes you you you 'll know from my evidence that I have certain reservations about the detailed wording of this of this particular criteria . |
| 25 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
| 26 | He added , alarmingly , of the November shipment : ‘ I know that that is in my memory that I had heard of France being connected with such a thing . ’ |
| 27 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 28 | Right now , in the familiar clutter of my office , I had this feeling in my water that I had never been in the room before . |
| 29 | ‘ I could not accept in my heart that I had a problem , ’ she explains . |
| 30 | The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit . |