Example sentences of "[adj] that i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife .
2 When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another .
3 The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession .
4 ‘ I 'm really very sorry that I had to leave you with my mother .
5 I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’
6 Afterwards I would feel so guilty that I tried to make myself sick but actually , it never worked .
7 In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot .
8 I assured her that I would definitely not change my mind and that I was sure that I wanted to do it .
9 I learned Dimac from a lama in Tibet and my hands are so deadly that I have to keep them in a locked closet when they 're not in use .
10 When I was researching this subject , the opening exchange of conversations was so invariable that I learnt to recite it at once to save time .
11 The first of these statements was such an insult to my intelligence that I wanted to punch Mr Kinnock on the nose , and the second so downright outrageous that I wanted to do something worse .
12 ‘ There 's something very practical that I want to ask you , ’ he said gently .
13 Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend .
14 Now it was an atrocious stench that infested the windless air , a nauseating compound of decomposing flesh and excrement , so revolting that I had to hold my nose and breathe through my mouth .
15 ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’
16 ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’
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