Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] that i have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 It was sad for me that I had fallen in love with someone who did not love me , but it was not an experience I cared to repeat — for more and better reasons than the fear of pain .
2 I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well .
3 there were some of them that I had missed er completely but
4 It 's because I 'm so deuced fond of you that I 've got to speak out . ’
5 Well erm take it from me that I 've worked for for major American corporates and one major British corporate and er there is still something that you may miss all right .
6 He had expressed so often the depth of his love and had made it clear to me that I had given meaning to his life .
7 It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts .
8 ‘ It seems to me that I 've got enough .
9 It appears to me that I have collected his and everyone else 's quota of the annoying little bastards , so I return to my trench , wrap myself up , and sleep fitfully until I am awakened to take my turn on guard .
10 By 1825 Hannah More could remark : ‘ It is a singular satisfaction to me that I have lived to see such an increase in genuine religion among the higher classes of society .
11 It is by comparison with the published criteria and all the information available to me that I have reached a judgment .
12 I do not think that I am claiming any particular credit if it seems to me that I have traversed writing in all forms , as best I could .
13 When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham .
14 So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it .
15 ‘ No , I think it would have been easier just to take his word for it that I 'd boobed , fallen down on the job .
16 ‘ Rosemary 's so uptight about anyone , in particular family , knowing about us that I 've had to keep her name a closely guarded secret .
17 Recognition has two referents : recognition by me that I have done well , and recognition by others .
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