Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] my [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have now resumed and read enough to assure my correspondent that he is lucky that his impatient reminder was directed at me and not at God , whose response to murmurings about the unforeseen delays in reaching the promised land was smiting with pestilence . |
| 2 | The reluctance of this government to introduce legislation only strengthens my belief that the scale of the Maxwellian type fraud is far greater than any of us ever imagined . |
| 3 | It suddenly crossed my mind that perhaps he thought I had come to see him on a professional level , that I was in need of spiritual help or whatever . |
| 4 | HAVING just struggled through a copy of the Maastricht Treaty I can only scratch my head that anyone would wish to sign it . |
| 5 | I have to admit that I was expecting something rather special from him , but listening to the first instalment in his survey of the sonatas has only strengthened my opinion that it seems almost impossible for one pianist to attain a consistent level of achievement in all of the sonatas . |
| 6 | I have no desire to detract from Mike Broderick 's promotion , but as The Bookseller is a journal of record I would like to make it clear that it was only following my resignation that the position of group home sales director was created at Random House . |
| 7 | Scotland 's management have already verified my belief that the playing standards here set new highs in the abbreviated game . |
| 8 | He described the study of precedent and case law as being ‘ real academic activity ’ for police officers , thus supporting my contention that research into the philosophy of control is ‘ unreal ’ or polluting . |
| 9 | It had just crossed my mind that I had not had my boots off since the evening of the 4th June and it was now 8th June . |
| 10 | The absence of any similar provision in relation to section 69(1) further reinforces my belief that the section 69(1) duty was intended to be exercised , subject to the supervisory jurisdiction of the courts , by the local authority . |
| 11 | The previous inspector had always accepted my suggestion that the loan interest relief for tax purposes was a pro-rata fraction of the total gross interest paid , determined by the loan relief limit . |
| 12 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 13 | That document was today leaked in part in The Independent and the newspaper also contained my allegation that the Secretary of State may have misled the House in relation to figures that he quoted last week in the House . |
| 14 | ‘ I would also state my belief that in relation to Class AA , our parent company has behaved entirely properly ; the process of applying for a patent necessarily entails wide publication and ample opportunity for opposition . |
| 15 | The tenor of the work so far indicates my view that any account of the rise to prominence of black sportsmen in Britain is hollow unless constant reference is made to the social conditions amidst which black people lived and live . |
| 16 | I have often expressed my view that object-relations exist from the beginning of life , the first object being the mother 's breast which to the child becomes split into a good ( gratifying ) and bad ( frustrating ) breast ; this splitting results in the severance of love and hate . |
| 17 | They simply confirm my view that the people who make the laws are people who have little direct contact with the playing of the game . |
| 18 | Fraser McLuskey kindly confirmed my belief that Leslie had indeed been in ‘ A ’ Squadron — it was with them that the Padre had dropped into France , and with them that he had carried out his ministry deep behind enemy lines . |
| 19 | My God , I 'd even told my grandfather that I was coming home — and bringing my future bride . ’ |
| 20 | Never even crossed my mind that Hurley would carry on like nothing had happened — that he 'd keep Eurame open and go on using the pipeline . |
| 21 | I personally have much to be grateful for to those linguists who have gone on ahead and erected signposts , and I hope the examples I have used today illustrate my conviction that , notwithstanding its theoretical manoeuverings and terminological idiosyncrasies , an awareness of the questions and findings of linguistic research can help turn our language study into what it should be , a voyage of discovery . |
| 22 | But the scorecards overwhelmingly supported my assessment that it was one-sided tedium . |
| 23 | The use in this of ‘ mystery ’ as articled trade and as ‘ enigma ’ precisely makes my point that our own usage of ‘ profession ’ carries both meanings ( as well as others ) . |
| 24 | It had never crossed my mind that Sunderland would be prepared to part with me so easily . ’ |
| 25 | It never crossed my mind that I would ever recover from the suffering I underwent during my last days there , and especially my last hours . |
| 26 | It never crossed my mind that I might one day have to fight . |
| 27 | I have never changed my view that whatever colour or race we are there is this common humanity . " |