Example sentences of "[is] [that] i did [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yes , yes , man , but the point is that I did n't leave it , and now these confounded women have taken possession of the cottage . |
2 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
3 | The inescapable fact is that I did n't want to be a woman , although I was unaware of this at the time . |
4 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
5 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
6 | I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from . |
7 | All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night . |
8 | The fact is that I did n't — do n't want you to make such a sacrifice and give up the zoo work you like so much . ’ |
9 | The problem with that painting is that I did n't know if it was a real |
10 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
11 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
12 | The first reason is that I did not want to advertise to anyone interested that a new swim had been create and cultivated . |
13 | My answer to that long intervention is that I did not say that a payroll tax was the same as the selective employment tax . |