Example sentences of "[noun] that i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A woman 's number was at the bottom of the Time Out piece and it was with some feelings of fear that I decided to ring it , not knowing who or what I would find . |
| 2 | Well the story that I have to tell you to begin with comes all the way from a very hot and very large continent . |
| 3 | The best bit of information you 've got is the syllabus coverage that I 've given you . |
| 4 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 5 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 6 | As , only a few months ago , she very charmingly killed a similar measure that I had introduced I doubly welcome her support now . |
| 7 | At the end of each day my pillow was so soaked in saliva that I had to wring it out on the floor . ’ |
| 8 | Well we 've we only went to the if you like the training session of the er erm participants yesterday and we 've got our next meeting on the 22nd February that I 've invited you to at . |
| 9 | The guard was heard to say : ‘ I have been told by management that I have to remove you from the studio . ’ |
| 10 | So many people ply me with drinks in the D and F these days that I tend to remember them as I saw them , in a blur . |
| 11 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 12 | It was at this point that I decided to put her back on a loose creance , so that she could approach the lure from whatever direction she pleased . |
| 13 | There are of course some positive signs around but also a danger that I want to alert you to : a growth in what I will call ‘ designer caring ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I tell you , Charles , it was only after I heard that they 'd signed up Micky Banks that I agreed to do it . |
| 15 | Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again . |
| 16 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 17 | I really ca n't answer for David because in all the years that I 've known him , I always actually found him a rather cold person , even when I was 14 and he was 16 , even as boy and girlfriend . |
| 18 | Through the years that I 'd known him , I 'd watched him grow in mind and body and now felt a twinge of pride that he had grown so well . |
| 19 | ‘ They are a breed that will enjoy a long walk and they are excellent car travellers — in the 34 years that I have owned them I have never known one to be car sick , ’ she added . |
| 20 | I have explained to the hon. Gentleman and to the House on countless occasions that we have provided TECs with the resources that they need to do the job that I have asked them to do . |
| 21 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 22 | Now before you go racing ahead there 's a couple of things that I need to tell you , so can I show you how to do the first one , and then you can race on with it . |
| 23 | Now even more than the rest of the stuff that I 've said I would n't mention that to anybody else no . |
| 24 | I considered simply passing it forward , but some idiot would probably open it and read it out to the whole class , or else it would get intercepted by Mrs Burton who was the last person that I wanted to read it . |
| 25 | Then your Inspector took it into his head that I 'd done it . |
| 26 | It was with great relish that I prepared to burn it down — while Charles and Dimity were conveniently away for a few days . |
| 27 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 28 | When the evidence that I had confirmed it all ! |
| 29 | And I just go through all the catastrophes that I 've bought you , so from now on it 's cash , just cash . |
| 30 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |