Example sentences of "my [noun] was that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My story was that I was the orphaned son of my father 's long-lost younger brother , and only staying on occasional extended holidays on the island while I was passed from relative to relative and my future was decided . |
| 2 | The discussion that Richard and I had , my recommendation was that it was not a big enough thing to cover a separate procedure for . |
| 3 | The furthest fucking thing from my mind was that I 'd be a clothing manufacturer . ’ |
| 4 | The thought uppermost in my mind was that I had always wondered how young horses felt when I knocked wolf teeth out of them . |
| 5 | My reply was that I doubted if any such plan had a remote chance of success , and that I would want to be assured of the truthfulness and authenticity of the document he was planning to send me . |
| 6 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 7 | ‘ His criticism of my sermon was that I had not gone far enough , ’ continued Father Kipling . |
| 8 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 9 | My point was that I was intrigued as to who was representing the racing Press on the panel of voters . |
| 10 | And he had to do that every year in order to satisfy his stance his hat that he was wearing , that he was actually being the boss , and knocking the workers down , look I 'm holding down , what twenty-two point on six , er and he believed that my need was that I could go back to my manager , and say , look I got him up to two point one , . |
| 11 | ‘ He once said that one of my weaknesses was that I was n't vindictive enough , ’ said the urbane and distinctly ungrudging Foster , hugging a radiator . |
| 12 | The champion jockey had been waving the whip in his left hand and when he put it down inside the last furlong , I must say that the clear impression from behind my glasses was that he thought the race was over . |
| 13 | Well my feeling was that we had agreed that the parents would sent the subject reports |
| 14 | ‘ I think my trouble was that I had too much help and felt as if my boobs were all anyone was interested in . |
| 15 | My argument was that he might as well use pit-props for his fishing , for he could n't possibly gain any enjoyment from playing fish , or handling such a rod with no more than a 4lb line . |
| 16 | What I was trying to say my Lord was that I did n't know was associated or was associated at that time . |
| 17 | ‘ My advice was that she spend the duration of her pregnancy in hospital . ’ |
| 18 | The only important thing about the rest of my life was that it was there . |
| 19 | The next facet of my approach was that I wanted to see more flexibility in the hands of local family health services authorities over the application of funds and the use of the substantial sums of money that are available to them for the development of primary health care . |
| 20 | My guess was that they would find their way into the press and would undermine our efforts to settle the health dispute . |
| 21 | My understanding was that you were working for and that you would send your invoice to him . |
| 22 | My understanding was that it was likely to be published in the spring . |
| 23 | My problem was that I could not sleep during the day . |
| 24 | At home the attitude of my parents-in-law was that I was from outside Pakistan , so I must be very independent — although I never showed my independence . |
| 25 | Frankly , my impression was that he did n't really know . |
| 26 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 27 | My impression was that I was only getting a small part of his attention , that he was profoundly preoccupied and that the one thing he wanted was to be left alone . ’ |
| 28 | Thus one conspirator in the 1961 Great Heavy Electrical Industry conspiracy said : ‘ We understand this was what the company wanted us to do ’ , and another reported that , ‘ It ( the instruction ) came to me from my superior … but my impression was that it came to him from higher up ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ My objection was that we would lose the car park but on reading the prospectus I see it is not the case , ’ he said . |
| 30 | My view was that we should examine whether the money was reaching those that most needed it and whether the priorities of the system laid down in 1945 were still the same . |