Example sentences of "that i find [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say that I find something quite extraordinary in the spectacle of an Opposition Front-Bench spokesman apparently complaining that we are to make a potential 400,000 pensioners better off . |
| 2 | ( Puff , puff ) I should just like to say that I find what Lord Boddy is saying extraordinarily interesting . |
| 3 | Ronni gritted her teeth in silence as he went on , ‘ It 's in your interests as well that I find them quickly . |
| 4 | When I drive off , I am so churned up inside that I find myself hoping I sha n't make things worse by having a coronary on the way to work . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't put it easily out of my mind , and the gentle tone nags at me , so that I find myself worrying , asking my friends in a roundabout way : by the way , what do you weigh ? |
| 6 | It is with much concern that I find myself unable to comply with a request from you and Mr. Browne , but indeed you pay me too great a compliment in supposing me capable of writing upon any subject that is proposed to me . |
| 7 | That I find myself or let myself be moved implies consciousness of being moved . |
| 8 | At times I become so obsessive about the dangers that I find myself making lists of what could go wrong . |
| 9 | It is because I feel that the impulse that is behind the work of the Labour Party is mainly the same longing for the time when man [ sic ] will be able to live in free and equal comradeship that I find myself in line with that party . |
| 10 | Anyway , what I 'm trying to say is that I find myself looking around more . |
| 11 | I would add only that I find myself quite unable to see how referring to the reports of Parliamentary debates in order to determine the meaning of the words which Parliament has employed could possibly be construed as ‘ questioning ’ or ‘ impeaching ’ the freedom of speech or debate or proceedings in Parliament or as otherwise infringing the provisions of article 9 of the Bill of Rights . |
| 12 | It is with regret and concern that I find myself moving to this resolution since the members as members of the European Community want would like to have been possible to travel freely between members states . |
| 13 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ — Coursebooks for the '90s , EFL Gazette |
| 15 | In this moment , the most talented athlete of the twentieth century looks so eggshell fragile that I find my hand shaking a little . |
| 16 | It 's vitally important that I find my sister ! ’ |
| 17 | But , nevertheless , I must say that I find your orders rather disconcerting . ’ |
| 18 | I admit that I find his attention flattering . |
| 19 | In actual fact my walking stick and gloves are ( I am almost too ashamed to admit ) an elaborate affectation which has by degrees grown into such a habit that I find it difficult , if not impossible , to lay them aside . |
| 20 | Although hard to buy beyond specialist shops , kaffir lime leaf offers such a depth of flavour that I find it hard not to reach for it whenever I cook . |
| 21 | ‘ I am so incensed , that I find it difficult to remain objective about it . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps it 's because the sport seems ironically so urban that I find it less than thrilling . |
| 23 | When these are taken into account I have to confess that I find it difficult to understand the additional insights and explanations which the Marxist method offers . |
| 24 | ‘ Not that I find it easy to deny what everyone else in Europe apparently finds truthful . |
| 25 | No , well you 're right except that I find it more convenient to replace my booklets if I 'm in er Cardiff on my weekend when I happen to pass a tax office I pop in , replace them . |
| 26 | There are so many ‘ explanations ’ that I find it helpful to subdivide them into categories . |
| 27 | ‘ All I meant was that I find it hard to imagine myself setting up home with someone else again . ’ |
| 28 | You are angry , vulnerable , gentle , fierce , with such bewildering speed that I find it fascinating . |
| 29 | In these circumstances in my judgment there is entirely adequate support for Paul of the sort that Mrs envisaged and indeed I am inclined to the view that one to one dedicated support for him out of classroom hours may not be desirable and might well tend at least to come between him and his fellow pupils so if one turns to Mrs schedule one on page forty seven , papers before me , I think that the appropriate arithmetic is to provide for twenty hours per week at seven pounds per hour for thirty seven school weeks , that is an enabler for the school period , I confess that I find it much easier to deal with Mrs schedules on page forty seven by treating schedule one as having to do with the , the school period , schedule two having to deal with the home periods and schedule three with parental care , as it is actually set out on page forty seven , and I confess that during the case I kept confusing myself about this point , schedule one deals not only with school but also , rather confusingly , with an enabler at home and I think it easier to confine that schedule to er school time . |
| 30 | ‘ Has n't it ever occurred to you that I find you repulsive — that I 'd rather be kissed by a lizard than you ? ’ |