Example sentences of "[adj] that i [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 2 | At this point I want to make it quite clear that I have discussed Monitor theory in some detail not to criticize it as such ( cf. |
| 3 | I 'm sorry that I 've lost it , like I think it perhaps Si has lost the pipes . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry that I 've got you all so worried . |
| 5 | Mr Sproat arose and declared : ‘ I am sorry that I feel compelled to enter a gently discordant note into the debate . ’ |
| 6 | I am sorry that I have made them |
| 7 | Now I feel grateful that I 've got someone who listens and who is there for me . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 9 | He even seemed slightly grateful that I had raised the matter . |
| 10 | But cyclists have no alternative but the A2 , a road so awful that I have heard of tourists giving up at Canterbury , fearing that the rest of Britain is just as bad ( which on trunk routes , it is ! ) . |
| 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 | ‘ This looks like a good job , ’ I though , unaware that I had arrived in the middle of Danny Baker 's leaving party . |
| 13 | It has signed a three-book contract and is so bullish that I 've included it in Ones to Watch even though I have not even had one chapter . |
| 14 | It is so simple that I have known clever men misunderstand it completely , thinking that there must be more to it ! |
| 15 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 16 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 17 | I leafed through the newspapers , glad that I had done those interviews . |
| 18 | Given that they had the ‘ weather works ’ that day in the shape of sleet , hail , wind and rain , whilst simultaneously a view of quite a lot of snow on Vesuvius , I was glad that I had stayed at home with a good book . |
| 19 | I was glad that I had learned to breath properly and relax . |
| 20 | I recently tried resurrecting some former friendships and did n't get any response , except for one who turned up on my doorstep , glad that I 'd written . |
| 21 | I am conscious that I have visited somebody a while ago and noticed the name of somebody e in the book in which rang very loud alarm bells in my mind |
| 22 | I am conscious that I have set discovery learning in the past . |
| 23 | It 's unfortunate that I 've got no talent for painting or singing . |
| 24 | It was incredible that I 'd ended up in her kitchen , too , because she was the perfect person for me to cry on — and she , knowing me from way back when , was a phenomenal comfort to me , explaining so much I did n't know about the Jewish way of death , about the absence of hell , about the soul . |
| 25 | The most comfortable that I have used is a fabric called Rhovyl + Modal , which is used by North Cape £21 and Lowe £27 in their long-sleeved , polo-neck thermal tops . |
| 26 | When I went back to the college everybody was thrilled that I 'd had a chance to meet the queen . " |
| 27 | He 's so good that I 've ended up basing all my choreography around him . ’ |
| 28 | I always run just as fast I have to , and as I neared the finish I looked across to make sure that I had qualified , and there was Carl . |
| 29 | Then , after I 'd made sure that I 'd left no telltale traces , I was off . |
| 30 | After a while , though , I began to feel sure that I 'd spotted a Gharrgoyle — or maybe a different one at different times — wriggling through the crowds behind me . |