Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [that] i [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , I and others find it difficult to accept that , but I repeat that I have no hard evidence to substantiate my claim .
2 I mean that I attended the lectures given at Cambridge by Dirac .
3 By that I mean that I see the New English Art Club as standing for a cultured , civilised , very English approach to art — a kind of visual stability .
4 Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand .
5 I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up .
6 And I realized that I had no family .
7 I found myself hurrying ton , until I realized that I had no destination : I wondered how many people around me had fallen into the same trap .
8 At the time of qualifying , however , I realized that I had the choice of working for the Eastern Health Board or the Catholic Church ( the two are interchangeable ) .
9 After reading some articles about close-up and fish photography , I realised that I needed a single lens reflex ( sir ) camera , where the image seen through the viewfinder is actually produced by the lens .
10 I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border .
11 I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously .
12 But forgive me , Lord , if I say that I have no inclination towards another marriage . ’
13 It is in my body qua sensitive that sensations occur ; and the occurrence of a sensation in some part of my body qua sensitive is all that I mean when I say that I feel a sensation in some part of my body .
14 Then I mentioned that I had a Lawson Buford tuba solo from 1927 somewhere in my record collection and I was back in favour .
15 I hope that I approach the debate with due humility , given that my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House and two former Leaders of the House have contributed to it .
16 I shouted again , and again I imagined that I heard an answer .
17 Further to our telephone conversation earlier today , I confirm that I completed the renewal forms .
18 I replied that I wanted a detector , not a wand to wave around , but after visiting the shop and seeing a demonstration I must admit that I started to become interested .
19 I ensure that I hear the views of parish councils in rural areas outside my constituency .
20 And I know that I count the days —
21 I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it .
22 I know that I had no intention of stopping the procedure , whatever anyone said or did to influence me .
23 I know that I have a comfortable income now , but I still have difficulty in believing it .
24 Completely new to the Company , I know that I have a lot to learn and I 'd particularly like to thank for her help during the changeover .
25 Elizabeth 's famous Armada speech — ‘ I know that I have the body of a weak and feeble woman , but I have the heart of a king and a king of England too ’ — and Mary 's much-quoted desire to live the life of a soldier , wearing a Glasgow buckler and sleeping under the stars , are testimony to one ( it is perhaps worth adding that the context for Elizabeth was fighting Spain , for Mary fighting her half-brother ) .
26 It was probably this occasion which prompted Lloyd George to write of Balfour : ‘ I confess that I underrated the passionate attachment to his country which burnt under that calm , indifferent , and apparently frigid exterior ’ ; upon which Balfour 's latest biographer has somewhat severely commented : ‘ By ‘ passionate attachment to his country , ’ Lloyd George , presumably meant Balfour 's backing for him as Prime Minister … ’
27 If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling …
28 But if I was pressed to make a choice , apart from Coldingham Loch , I would have to admit that the Whiteadder River is my favourite Border stream , and I confess that I have a vested interest in Whiteadder .
29 I remember that I had a bad feeling about it .
30 That was the year that we first went into Canada and I remember that I picked the Canadian franchise because she did n't war a bra !
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