Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] that i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman had no basis for saying that I misled the House , and he has no basis for declining to withdraw his allegation . |
| 2 | On hearing that I had a place among successful candidates I was excited with pleasure . |
| 3 | ‘ I heard so much about resisting that I developed a very derisive concept about men at war , ’ Darras explained , ‘ strange for a boy of five . ’ |
| 4 | You might be forgiven for thinking that I see an ideal speaker-hearer as someone who relies on everyone else to complete his conversational turns , never finishes a sentence , speaks very quickly and often with his mouth full , never answers questions , always repeats himself , says nothing without hedging , and invariably forgets what he wants to say — but who survives , if only by ending his utterance with a triumphant whatchamacallit . |
| 5 | It 's worth mentioning that I asked a lot of people in Spain , when I was there , at the Spanish you know what they knew about it , and nobody did . |
| 6 | ‘ As an ex-sex symbol ’ , Miss Dors confessed , ‘ I usually amaze those who pose the question by saying that I believe the permissive society HAS gone too far . ’ |
| 7 | Once I could have seen them off by asserting that I had no interest in such things , preferring to live from one day to the next , unfettered by possessions and responsibilities . |