Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the problem of other minds ( ch. 5 ) can be presented as the problem of how , if at all , my observation of the behaviour of human bodies justifies my belief that those bodies are people ; little extra is gained by asking whether and how I know that they are people . |
| 2 | That 's how I know that they were ready to move . |
| 3 | He wanted to know how I knew that they were nine miles towards Mali and seemed to be bothered that I was only guessing . |
| 4 | The next problem was how to deliver it , since I sat at the back in English ( our next lesson ) and Belinda sat at the front — which was how I knew that her hair touched her chair ! |
| 5 | That 's how I knew that you and Rex were on your way over . ’ |
| 6 | How I wish that you could love me |
| 7 | ‘ How I wish that I were that dog ! ’ |
| 8 | How I wish that I had n't gone . |
| 9 | How I wish that I had n't gone . |
| 10 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 11 | ‘ T is how I learned that you 'd been at the castle . |
| 12 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 13 | And that 's when I felt that I wished I had of went for a career in the trade union or I felt that had I done that , I would have been satisfying something that was there . |
| 14 | There have been times when I felt that our family was disintegrating , and while I know that more than one in three marriages fails , that does not make watching your own children admit their unhappiness any easier for them or for you . |
| 15 | And tell him , Yes , that the time when I thought that I had to say ‘ No ’ to him is now long past , since we all live only by virtue of the fact that a great and merciful God says his gracious Yes to all of us ' ( Eberhard Busch , Karl Barth , E.T . |
| 16 | I simply phoned them and erm they put , they put it up so that I could buy things on Access that I could get , well I mean those were the days when I knew that you could sell a house like |
| 17 | ‘ Because of your ridiculous behaviour this morning I shall save most of what I wanted to say until next week , when I hope that we can have a more ordered start to the school assembly . |
| 18 | We also have our fundraising Annual Reunion in November when I know that your support will be given as always . |
| 19 | That 's when I realised that I could n't go on with this free agent nonsense . |
| 20 | I was met by a very respectful group of Gordon Highlanders when I visted Aberdeen recently , when I said that I would have been on the line as well had I been in their position . |
| 21 | ‘ You must need your head tested ’ , was one of the more polite reactions when I said that I was going to spend two weeks holiday walking some 120 miles up-and-down mountains rather than lying in the sun . |
| 22 | year but the end result came when the two children did get took into foster care erm , that 's when I realized that it was a problem and I had to do something about it . |
| 23 | He refused to co-operate and was told he was ‘ letting the school down ’ and given an indication that this would affect his school report , ‘ and that 's when I realized that I was only acknowledged for my sporting ability . ’ |
| 24 | So I busied myself , as I walked , with plans for supper on Monday night , when I hoped that my brother would be here , and I had invited Neil to join us . |
| 25 | There are moments when I think that it may be that insufficient attention is paid to the coincidence of the Anglo-Irish Agreement with the upsurge in the supply of Libyan arms , which made a very considerable difference to the armaments of the IRA . |
| 26 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 27 | However , it will come as no surprise to the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) when I say that my party has its own alternative to the council tax , which is referred to in the amendment tabled by myself and my hon. Friends . |
| 28 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 29 | You will understand when I say that I should like a poem to stand as preface to your book , a poem which we have both admired so much , Thomas Hardy 's ‘ Afterwards ’ . |
| 30 | Well sort of well well you see er when I say that I mean erm er er insurance men , postmen , and postman was a very good job in those days you see . |