Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] that i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early experience of ESAs that I had when I was Minister for Agriculture , Fisheries and Food showed the policy to be important , helpful and constructive . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | It was then that I experienced a side of Max that I had not known before : he was most caring and attentive , almost maternal , getting doctors and nurses , staying with me and looking after me in every way . |
| 4 | It was at Thurso in Scotland that I 'd first seen surfers riding tubes . |
| 5 | He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office . |
| 6 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd heard so much about the blinking cruise being in October and not in September that I 'd considered it done and June , fool that she is , chose not to challenge me outright because her tactic is to suffer in silence until her suffering spills from her like lava , devastating everyone in its path . |
| 8 | I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
| 10 | Eventually he wrote ‘ I am in such a stew over Primavera that I have made some sketches myself . |
| 11 | I started by saying to Harold that I had been told about his Honours List — I did not tell him by whom — and I hoped that what I heard was mistaken . |
| 12 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 13 | In his memoirs he wrote , ‘ It was during my visit to Bulgaria that I had the idea of installing missiles with nuclear warheads in Cuba without letting the United States find out they were there until it was too late to do anything about them ’ ( Khrushchev : 1970 , p. 493 ) . |
| 14 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
| 15 | Two hours later I am mentioning to Tony that I have been to Tromsø airport more times than I have to Gatwick . |
| 16 | Then he smiled , as he looked fondly at Leith , and said softly , ‘ But I 'm sure there 's a lot about Leith that I 've still got to learn . ’ |
| 17 | It was down at Riverside that I had what you might call my first ‘ exotic ’ sexual experience . |
| 18 | Rain said : ‘ You were told by Edouard that I had been tricked into going to the museum . |
| 19 | This is the best poem by Owen that I have ever read . |