Example sentences of "[adj] that i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was through the need to obtain money for this that I took the part-time job with Mrs Morton and her husband , Weary Willy . |
| 2 | I know beyond question that I am Oedipus and he is I. I should make it clear that I hold no truck with the theory of reincarnation ; it is just as clear to me that I am Marie Romanov , whose life overlapped with mine . |
| 3 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 4 | This choice was helped to be made when one of them wrote me a nasty letter saying that it was clear that I wanted the other as my friend ( which , if I may say , was a lot of nonsense ) ! |
| 5 | I wish to make it clear that I have no intention of using that power at present , but I would be prepared to use it if it emerged that individuals ' interests were not being properly protected by the scheme in practice . |
| 6 | ‘ I am extremely annoyed about it and I want to make it clear that I find the policies of the British National Party abhorrent . |
| 7 | For the record , I make it clear that I cast no smear or slur on the Minister for Housing and Planning , I simply commented on what has been widely publicised . |
| 8 | It does n't seem to me sensible that I have the masters of the quality manual , master lists of procedure holders and so on because |
| 9 | Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night . |
| 10 | And so it was quite accidental that I started the club . |
| 11 | Then , I believe , she was grateful that I had no prior distractions in my life . |
| 12 | To my astonishment the words came flooding back , and for some ten minutes , while the train lay cocooned in a web of silence and darkness , I continued my singing , grateful that I had the compartment to myself . |
| 13 | ‘ But it was just after that that I discovered the bleeding , and I 've been … |
| 14 | Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement , I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon . |
| 15 | The antithesis between the modern-day racing car and the Stone Age circuit was such that I knew every driver was taking his life in his hands in the most ludicrous degree . ’ |
| 16 | It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together . |
| 17 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 18 | Like many others from the 1960s and before , I am fortunate that I missed the modern way and so view science as a richer and altogether more fulfilling experience . |
| 19 | This apparently was so serious that I had a sudden joyous hallucination . |
| 20 | Since it was on 11th February in 1984 that I published the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris on the Christian meaning of human suffering , I believe it is significant that the same day is set for the celebration of the ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ . |
| 21 | My sparrow had been lucky that I scared the cat off when I did . |
| 22 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |
| 23 | It was only in 1960 that I saw the flaw in the argument . |
| 24 | ‘ Because it 's likely that I have a job for you , if you 're interested . |
| 25 | I experienced a moment of complete terror in which my mind raced — I had been discovered after all ; it was obvious that I had a limp ; everyone could see it ; they 'd seen it all along and had chosen this moment to hit me with it , my weakest moment … |
| 26 | I felt so good that I decorated the hall . |
| 27 | Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life . |
| 28 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 29 | I knew that I wanted neither , but was n't sure that I had the strength or conviction to refuse them should they be prescribed . |
| 30 | honestly felt a wee bit nervous at the start just to make sure that I had the structure , that , that , I think that was the whole crux of the thing . |