Example sentences of "[verb] that i [verb] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And say that I 've busted my bra strap ! |
| 4 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime . |
| 7 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 8 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 9 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 10 | The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 13 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 14 | Mr Sugar said : ‘ You should remember that I have devoted my life and energies to Amstrad since the age of 17 . |
| 15 | ‘ Now I 've been told that I 've lost my place and I 'm very disappointed . ’ |
| 16 | I replied that I had watched my television all day when the first man stepped on the moon . |
| 17 | It will probably be understood that I wish to make my remarks in the context of the Scottish agricultural scene . |
| 18 | I point away to you you know that I 've finished my conversation . |
| 19 | Do I appreciate that I have to lead my group to see the story as symbol ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Outwardly it must have seemed that I had overcome my emotional difficulties and , apart from the mysterious phenomenon of my continuing thinness , had become a bright , helpful , well-adjusted member of the school . |
| 22 | Turning , planing , routing and so on generate vast quantities of shaving , and I have found that I have to empty my 17 litre wet and dry vacuum cleaner at frequent intervals . |
| 23 | But I feel that never can I join you , for I have found that I have left my training so late that it is ‘ work or else ! ’ |
| 24 | It meant that I had to renew my Jamaican passport . |
| 25 | Anne read the guidebooks , while I 'd say , ‘ Hey , this looks like an interesting airfield ! ’ to which Anne would reply , £The fact that the place has an interesting approach does not mean that I want to spend my holidays there ! ’ |
| 26 | I seriously felt that I had lost my ‘ commercial sense ’ that I had before , and that I would never remember the intricacies of the High Court Rules , how to draft Court Pleadings or even how to write a sensible letter . |
| 27 | It was favourably received and I felt that I had done my hitherto neglected ancestor proud . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It might interest you to learn that I 've changed my opinion on that matter , ’ he admitted drily . |
| 30 | ‘ I think that I 've improved my game a lot , also . |