Example sentences of "[noun pl] that i [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Crossman 's cardinal convictions was that Britain was run not as a democracy but as an oligarchy — and that view of his was perhaps partially reflected in my own youthful outburst against the essentially incestuous relationship between politicians and journalists that I thought I had discovered even within the people 's party . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ In those Go-away times that I knew you had I should have guessed you needed help . ’ |
| 4 | She looked so pornographic in her gimmicks that I wanted her to take them off again , or better , much better , push bits of them aside . |
| 5 | No I , well the , the colours that I like you know the cerise and the |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A week ago I did n't know what to learn and now there 's so many things that I know I want to learn . |
| 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 | Let me tell you of some of the important stories that I believe we have covered inadequately — and in some cases not at all . |
| 10 | But erm er on on on the figures that I 've I 've submitted , erm we 've already got three of those five districts have got s fairly high affordable housing percentage requirements . |
| 11 | In the same way , we can point to every single course _there have been people who are highly qualified , excellent youngsters — and that is where I fear that the universities are not always given the opportunity to get these talented children in the numbers that I think they deserve . |
| 12 | I assure the House that , in all the speeches that I have made at police meetings and conferences this year , I have repeatedly stressed to the police that I want them to give this type of crime high priority . |
| 13 | There are so many possibilities for pressed flowers that I hope you find it hard to contain your enthusiasm ! |
| 14 | Put against the letters that I wrote they 've all been sent out . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Because in the ones that I buy it says , not harmful to animals . |
| 17 | I had beaten so many of my idols that I hope it does n't sound too arrogant to say that I was proud of my performance . |