Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came to Macmillan , it was with the greatest difficulty that I telephoned him at all . |
| 2 | I would say to other pregnant teenagers that I think it 's great if they are happy about it . |
| 3 | As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness . |
| 4 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 5 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 6 | Although I have serious reservations about the methodology of most of these studies ( in that they are far too pessimistic about the ability of the business community to respond to changing circumstances following changing relative prices ) and although some of the shortages which appear are due not so much to the limits of nature as the intervention and regulation of governments , nevertheless they raise sufficiently serious doubts about such things as the effects of carbon dioxide and the present lack of adequate recycling that I believe they must be taken seriously . |
| 7 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 8 | And s some suggestions that I said I 'd put forward to Janet about streamlining nominations and so on . |
| 9 | You see and that al old aunt that I told you about she always referred this road through as the new road . |
| 10 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 11 | You ken when there , there are , this , this old Mary that I tell you about er , she 'd had smallpox when she was young , she used to be a herring gutter . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was for this reason that I hated them as much as I resented menstruation itself . |
| 13 | So I 'm hoping that this system that I give you will allow you to do that , anybody been a best man at a wedding ? |
| 14 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
| 15 | All I know is that by the time we had entered into residence again that autumn , we found we had made so little progress , and had remained so vague about our aims that , one evening , Harold Mason and I , who had seen more of each other than we did anyone else in the group , resolved to abandon the project altogether ; and I therefore wrote to Eliot , from whom I had not heard further , telling him that our plan had made so little headway that I felt it my duty to tell him not to trouble himself any more . |
| 16 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 17 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 18 | No , you do n't : for the simple reason that I suppressed it a few pages ago . |
| 19 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 20 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
| 21 | Carson was such an affable chap that I persuaded him to agree with me ( and Alf ) to continue along progressive lines . |
| 22 | I think it was Angie and Tony , going back to that incredible support that I told you about when I first met them , that they were also dreamers and had such faith and believed in David 's future and his destiny . |
| 23 | It it 's one of those unfortunate things that I mean I think we 've we 've got to look around and see what we can do about . |
| 24 | Because any one of these two or three things that I show you is enough if it 's a surprise to them they will blow you out . |
| 25 | None in the conventional sense that I take it that you mean mark down you mean clearing merchandise |
| 26 | It is in the pages of these magazines that I think we can see most clearly how editorial policy , whether it is conscious or unconscious on the part of the editors , operates . |
| 27 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
| 28 | Do n't worry if you ca n't do it if you ca n't any of these any of these exercises that I give you by the way it 's not like homework it 's just for you to play with them to get the do them at your own pace . |
| 29 | ‘ Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television … ‘ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |