Example sentences of "that [pron] [noun sg] have " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The first thing I decided was that my hair had to come off . ’
2 She is worried about me not eating , she is worried that my periods have stopped , that I look thinner and thinner , that my hair has gone dry and flat and rasps like paper when you touch it , but she also admires me .
3 Q I 've just had my first perm and I 'm a bit disappointed that my hair has lost its shine .
4 ‘ Would it be enough , ’ he whispered , ‘ if I told you I will love you for all time , that my heart has found its resting place , and my soul has found its mate ?
5 Our Chairman was a master printer , older than I was but an extremely good-looking man , so that my excitement had a sexual side as well as a political one .
6 listen to this , I 'm becoming increasingly aware that my landlady 's been making sexual passes at me , I did n't take them seriously until she climbed in the shower with me
7 I believe it is true to say that my company has hardly sold a single product in Japan ( and we sell many ) without having to respond to some particular specification , different to that pertaining in other parts of the world .
8 I could see that my character had not improved since I had heard about my expectations .
9 I will understand that my identity in the image of God is secure and that my life has special value …
10 Have you not noticed that my life has changed ?
11 They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered .
12 You could see that my attack had taken him completely by surprise .
13 I was miserable with cold , but although I was prepared to admit that I was miserable , I was n't prepared to admit that my misery had any connection with cold .
14 ‘ The album is just like one leaf on the tree , and that 's why I waited two years to do the next one , because I wanted to be sure that my playing had something new to offer .
15 The relief which followed the realisation that my conduct had been ‘ only a dream ’ was always tinged , however slightly , with regret .
16 Of course all I needed was a two-minute sit-down and in two and a half minutes I was not only fully recovered and ready to carry on , I had adrenalin pumping out the top of my hat in anger that my man had left me to die .
17 that my work has turned out to be medically relevant , but it might not have done , and that would n't have meant that it was useless or wasted .
18 I have to conclude that my work has been a failure ’ Labour MP Clare Short .
19 The place that my landlord had recommended was the Palace Hotel .
20 I was proud of my achievement — I had managed something that my mistress had not — I was pregnant with Abraham 's heir , and Sarah started to hate me for it .
21 ‘ That was different , ’ he told her grandly , and resumed , ‘ While ensuring that my secretary had enough work to keep him fully occupied for the whole of that weekend , and not really expecting you would have any need to contact him , I instructed Lubor Ondrus to give you any assistance you might require should a problem arise . ’
22 It was not only that my grandmother had given birth to and brought up eight children , and with the help of a Mrs Pipkin ( whose wages were ten shillings a week and an egg ) run a large house for many years ; there was the shop , and shops in those days were by no means labour-saving .
23 I do n't appreciate the fact that my grandmother has been taken advantage of . ’
24 At the same time I knew that my marriage had been a facade and in a way , by leaving , I felt I was doing the only honourable thing .
25 But as I run my bath , I am reminded that my self has a physical outline .
26 ‘ I do n't see that my beard has anything to do with it , ’ his honey voice huffled .
27 Jumble sales are my passion , and I was amazed to hear that my friend had never been to one .
28 The effect is so fascinating that my friend has pockets full of peppermint bits and a sizable bill for Polo and Trebor , the mints that give the best results .
29 I appreciated the very great honour of being asked — Coronation opera and all that — but I knew that my voice had been punished mercilessly during the war and I had , indeed , decided to retire from the opera stage .
30 I learned that my wife had been released but had very little money to live on .
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