Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started wearing women 's clothes , he started putting on make-up and on the last couple of times that I saw him he was pretty strange . |
| 2 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 3 | It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope you realise that it is only on account of the entreaty of Taheb that I see you , Huy , ’ were his words of greeting . |
| 5 | I used to miss my mother and father dreadfully when I was younger , and now I feel a certain amount of guilt that I need them so little , think of them so seldom . |
| 6 | Er , I make the point I think that , erm , we should oppose the er , Deregulation Bill if it 's based on providing deregulation by Ministers , because I think that 's a constitutional point that is of great import , but the , the rest of it erm , are really sets of principles that I hope you 'd agree to , subject to amen amendment and dis discussion , because the information that we got is that the consultation period is going to be very tight indeed , and that it might not be able to go through the normal committee procedures in order to put things through erm , with er , proposals in that , er , in that respect . |
| 7 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 8 | right , well that 's the sort of things that I think we want to find out and in slower time I was actually going to ring the yeah at Telford and say speak to me about this and maybe pop in one morning on my way into town and just say this is the idea how does it grab you and if they say you 're not on fine , but it 's things like that that I think we want to explore . |
| 9 | ‘ 'T WAS on the Isle of Capreee that I found her … ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ As far as I am concerned diving is not an excessive calorie-consuming sport , and certainly from the numbers of divers that I see who are overweight , I do not actually believe that the statement in ‘ The Great Diving Adventure ’ , by Horace Hobbs , is actually borne out . |
| 12 | cos there 's a little coffee table sort of thing that I put my script on |
| 13 | It is therefore not only with a sense of excitement that I approach my new responsibilities , but also with a keen awareness of the importance of IT to industry , to the service sector , to research and to the strength and wellbeing of the UK as a whole . |
| 14 | ‘ T'was on the isle of Capri that I met her … ’ |
| 15 | Gareth 's ‘ BACK FOR GRUB ’ message was still pinned to the corkboard , and it was with a distinct sense of release that I remembered I 'd said that I would go back for his camera . |
| 16 | But first of all , I will sketch an account of observation that I think it is fair to say is a commonly held one in modern times , and which lends plausibility to the naive inductivist position . |
| 17 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
| 18 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
| 19 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 20 | And by that I was looking at er things like discussing with Alan that I felt we were un under , had , had less management time than we should . |
| 21 | It has made me question every aspect of my teaching , including things that I thought I was doing well ! |
| 22 | It is with sadness that I begin my statement this year by referring to the loss of an inspirational founder member of RIBA Companies Ltd . |
| 23 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Bear in mind that I gave my evidence after Blissett had been charged by the FA for a serious breach of the laws of the game — and the experienced commission of inquiry , which conducted a rigorous investigation into the incident , cleared him . |
| 25 | It was in May that I met her , on a return visit to Cley . |
| 26 | It was also in May that I started my new programme of intensive stretching exercises and aerobics . |
| 27 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 28 | From its throat , where a carelessly tied scarf failed to conceal deep scars , to its feet , encased in boots that I imagined I recognized , the monster was a monument to grime . |
| 29 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 30 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |