Example sentences of "[adj] that i [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene was so exciting that I failed to sympathise with my grey-faced guest who returned with tales of third world conditions in the gents . |
| 2 | 1 was attracted by another that I had discussed on a visit to Europe : certain branded drugs would not be prescribed at all when entirely adequate substitute generic drugs existed . |
| 3 | But cyclists have no alternative but the A2 , a road so awful that I have heard of tourists giving up at Canterbury , fearing that the rest of Britain is just as bad ( which on trunk routes , it is ! ) . |
| 4 | Feeling flustered and guilty that I had departed from my normal custom of never working on a pupil 's painting , I foolishly replied " Yes " . |
| 5 | ‘ This looks like a good job , ’ I though , unaware that I had arrived in the middle of Danny Baker 's leaving party . |
| 6 | Er Rosie the the press release number six that I 've given to Sandra , will you tell her to hold it please and not to send it out tomorrow . |
| 7 | Given that they had the ‘ weather works ’ that day in the shape of sleet , hail , wind and rain , whilst simultaneously a view of quite a lot of snow on Vesuvius , I was glad that I had stayed at home with a good book . |
| 8 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 9 | If I start accepting funds from the government , people will lose that charitable ideal that I want to leave behind me when I 'm gone . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm sure that I 've heard of instances where , er , the results have been falsified , |
| 11 | ‘ Now I have said all that I wish to say to you girls except , Mildred , that you will write one hundred lines which will say , ‘ I must try very hard not to be quite so silly . ’ |
| 12 | To me she represented all that I had imagined of the bygone days of sail . |
| 13 | Quite apart from the sheer mystery of all that I had to behold on arrival at an up-to-date operational station . |
| 14 | I told her all that I had read of him . |
| 15 | He gave me a hard stare , which said all that I needed to know about my fate if he failed to beat me . |
| 16 | All that I have said in the last chapter about preparation and being able to sort out important issues is again not possible given this scenario . |
| 17 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 18 | It 's kind of ridiculous that I have to backtrack after doing the performance I did in King Of Comedy , but it 's a very mercurial business . |
| 19 | I underpainted some details in red that I wanted to see through it . |
| 20 | Everything here seemed so unreal that I had to come to terms with it as soon as possible , so that I can begin work . |
| 21 | amazed that I had returned at all , and |
| 22 | Well , actually there are lots , but there 's one in particular that I want to talk about . |
| 23 | Seeing that my daughter Anna has not availed herself of my advice touching the objectionable practice of going about with her arms bare to the elbows , my will is that , should she continue after my death this violation of the modesty of her sex , all goods , chattels , moneys , land , and other that I have devised to her for the maintenance of her future life shall pass to the oldest of the sons of my sister Caroline . |
| 24 | Sometimes I think it 's pathetic that I have to deal with this simplification of who I am , and then other times I think , that 's it , that 's what I am , what I read , that 's who I am . ’ |
| 25 | Largely forgotten until recently , Watson 's fine sun-dappled landscapes had elegant figure studies have begun to reappear in London galleries , including Richard Green , and Blamey was surprised that I had heard of him . |
| 26 | Ron as far as the Saudi claim is concerned you will be aware that I have written to all regions explaining the reason why we have not presented a claim , no other union has presented a claim in British Coal and if we do present a claim at this point in time , I 'll tell you what the answer will be . |
| 27 | Is my hon. Friend aware that I have lived for a number of years without any such advice , and I can not believe that it is really necessary ? |
| 28 | He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal . |
| 29 | I found it so enjoyable that I wanted to register for the complete game . |
| 30 | It rekindles memories of those old-fashioned Hollywood romances of the Thirties and Forties that I had seen as a child . |