Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [vb pp] my " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Now I 've been told that I 've lost my place and I 'm very disappointed . ’
2 Or is it that I 've lost my sense of balance ?
3 ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic .
4 I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime .
5 No because everybody who has it is aware of the fact that you know they 've se known that I 've changed my number before and they know why .
6 ‘ It might interest you to learn that I 've changed my opinion on that matter , ’ he admitted drily .
7 I know my objectivity as a reviewer is going to be put sorely to the test , because so far I 've loved every one that I 've laid my hands on .
8 ‘ We were talking about my career , and how I 'm not prepared to have you insinuate that I 've slept my way to the top ! ’
9 For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought .
10 ‘ I think that I 've improved my game a lot , also .
11 And say that I 've busted my bra strap !
12 Now that I 've finished my English and do n't have a tutor I 'll be able to get more .
13 I point away to you you know that I 've finished my conversation .
14 Keep flashing me to say that I 've got my headlights on so I , when I , I give them flash back to say no I have n't .
15 After I 'd finished the poem I felt triumphant that I 'd broken my fear-silence .
16 Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good .
17 When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple .
18 Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week .
19 She tried undressing me again and I said no , she 'd better go , that I 'd changed my mind .
20 That did the trick — ‘ Of course , ’ recalls the director , ‘ I did n't show him that I had cut my hand in the process . ’
21 If Robert came to you and said in his gentle , somehow caressingly placid voice that I had admitted or confessed to him in ‘ obvious distress ’ that I had pushed my penis up between the hired legs of more than one hundred and fifty tarts ( including three on one single day , or two on one single bed ) then you would probably believe him .
22 My exposure to the energy and subtle abilities of my Subud brothers in Java had so ignited my optimism and sense of wonder concerning our hidden natures that I had wangled my way into Lancaster University 's Department of Comparative Religion to write a doctorate on transformational consciousness , in a field which was later to be referred to as psycho-anthropology .
23 But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway .
24 It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it .
25 It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track .
26 It was favourably received and I felt that I had done my hitherto neglected ancestor proud .
27 It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best .
28 I was in charge of the rummage crew , and feeling that I had done my bit went to find the others .
29 In fact , I saw from the station clock that I had timed my arrival just about perfectly .
30 It was two or three days earlier that I had made my appointment , and as luck so often has it , the due day arrived to what can only be described as ‘ one of those days ’ .
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