Example sentences of "that i [verb] [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene was so exciting that I failed to sympathise with my grey-faced guest who returned with tales of third world conditions in the gents . |
| 2 | It 's not that I 've come on my own because it 's something that is seen as just my problem , because as I said , Tom does n't seem that interested either . |
| 3 | Bribe the chambermaid , who swears that I 've slept with my inamorata , with of course , lewd and immoral carryings-on ; private detective arrives on the scene and catches us it … in flagrante delicto , so to speak . |
| 4 | I would like to say that there have been no negotiations with British Coal erm in relation to this objection as the application is currently in abeyance as it 's obviously subject to a section fourteen direction , but I do n't see anything in there erm which erm alters the the general conclusions er that I 've put in my supplementary paper on this particular criterion . |
| 5 | Pray God it was n't Tommy Elliot 's farm , which I 'd played with for two years and which I feared — from glances and whispers that I 'd caught between my sister and Mrs Elliot — was going to be cleaned up and bought for me for Christmas . |
| 6 | Eventually I accepted that I had to leave without my baby . |
| 7 | Petra surpassed anything that I had visualised in my kitchen fantasy-life . |
| 8 | It seemed a very personal and special wave — the kind that I had seen in my mind 's eye in a night of tangled dreaming . |
| 9 | But no child , So I got up and changed into my khaki drill and was just about to throw the water off the groundsheet that by this time had collected in the hole that I had prepared for my sleeping , to find that there was a black scorpion wallowing in the slight indentation I had made in the sand . |
| 10 | With this background , as a teacher I saw the subject as a collection of facts and skills that I had to impart to my pupils in a well-defined sequence . |
| 11 | Feeling flustered and guilty that I had departed from my normal custom of never working on a pupil 's painting , I foolishly replied " Yes " . |
| 12 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 13 | The discipline that I had experienced in my schools in Kingston was just not there . |
| 14 | All of this was hidden behind the ‘ normal ’ lifestyle that I tried to project to my family and friends , ’ days Paula Farrance , 28 , from St Albans . |
| 15 | But there is a great deal more that I want to do with my life and I think I should start while I still have the energy and enthusiasm . ’ |
| 16 | I have to say that I do mind about my reputation . |
| 17 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 18 | He gave me a hard stare , which said all that I needed to know about my fate if he failed to beat me . |
| 19 | Do they have the orientation programmes which I have seen in many of the local authority homes that I have visited in my constituency ? |
| 20 | The only distinctive " province " , in the strict sense , that I have recognised in my studies of Mesozoic bracbiopods , is a somewhat vaguely defined equatorial belt . |
| 21 | The rest of this book seeks to outline some of the lessons that I have learnt in my service in this world . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just that I have to think about my future right now . |
| 23 | The cut in cash terms is £65 million on the same basis of comparison that I have used throughout my comments . |
| 24 | In general , making the English public aware of the important trends in Central and Eastern European countries between 1910 and 1930 is a goal that I have pursued throughout my dealing career . |
| 25 | Is it surprising that in respect of foreign affairs this is the most ill-informed House of Commons that I have known in my 30 years here ? |