Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the great hikes we undertake on our holidays , usually in the Highlands of Scotland , or some other bleak , wet , cold hill country that I got to know in the days when I used to go climbing by myself ( and there 's another subject we might discuss ! ) , habitually entail a complex of discomfort , exhaustion , irritation , confusion , sheer misery and intense exhilaration so closely intertwined that I shall have to leave them to be considered on another occasion . |
| 2 | It was only when I bought a collection of 12 Nalevich drawings and documents that I began to think about a constructivist show . |
| 3 | It was only weeks after the speech that I began to read in the press that actually her theme had been positive and she had presented a positive forward view . |
| 4 | He glared at me , quite beside himself with rage , and the whole scene seemed so absurd and nothing to do with anything that had really happened , that I began to laugh in a wild , helpless way , snorting through my nose . |
| 5 | It was through this work that I came to hear of the case of Dr Ron Carrington , a 35-year-old psychiatrist . |
| 6 | He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal . |
| 7 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
| 8 | I have made all the amendments that I wished to make to the procedures and I have done it in pencil with a copy to circulate . |
| 9 | and financial circumstances and erm , this was something of course that I had to leave to the people who were working got himself another job . |
| 10 | Except that I had to live with the aftermath . |
| 11 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 12 | He said he did n't want to see my baby , and that I had to go into a home for unmarried mothers . |
| 13 | And then it just became a drug that I had to take for every day use . |
| 14 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 15 | However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report . |
| 16 | The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off . |
| 17 | Knowing that I had to start at a new school in the city , with new people and new teachers , I began to worry all over again . |
| 18 | Looking back I suppose it was then that I started to brood about a problem that grew and grew until it burst out into the open at the World Championships . |
| 19 | The kitchen looked so clean and bright , and the ladies so kind and sensible , that I dared to knock at the door . |
| 20 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 21 | While in hospital I had mentioned to my surgeon that I intended to go to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre , although at that time I had not actually made up my mind . |
| 22 | She knew that I loved to walk along the inlet with the children , looking for shells or pebbles or a wild flower . |
| 23 | I experienced the agonisingly slow passage of time and decided that I needed to go to the toilet . |
| 24 | I told my parents that I wanted to go to the lavatory and have a wash . |
| 25 | It was a conscious choice that I wanted to go into the company , but I did n't have a clear view as to what particular part of the business I was interested in . |
| 26 | Knowing that I wanted to speak to the bedu woman to learn more of her life , the Sheikha signalled me to stay while they moved out of the dining room , pulling their veils over their masks . |
| 27 | Yes the point that I wanted to raise on the table we have resolved . |
| 28 | I found it so enjoyable that I wanted to register for the complete game . |