Example sentences of "[det] [noun] that i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A storm arrives from the west , the snow falling so thickly in a few minutes that I fear I will lose my way . |
| 2 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 3 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 4 | And s some suggestions that I said I 'd put forward to Janet about streamlining nominations and so on . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was for this reason that I hated them as much as I resented menstruation itself . |
| 6 | So I 'm hoping that this system that I give you will allow you to do that , anybody been a best man at a wedding ? |
| 7 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
| 8 | All I know is that by the time we had entered into residence again that autumn , we found we had made so little progress , and had remained so vague about our aims that , one evening , Harold Mason and I , who had seen more of each other than we did anyone else in the group , resolved to abandon the project altogether ; and I therefore wrote to Eliot , from whom I had not heard further , telling him that our plan had made so little headway that I felt it my duty to tell him not to trouble himself any more . |
| 9 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 10 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 11 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 12 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
| 13 | It is in the pages of these magazines that I think we can see most clearly how editorial policy , whether it is conscious or unconscious on the part of the editors , operates . |
| 14 | Do n't worry if you ca n't do it if you ca n't any of these any of these exercises that I give you by the way it 's not like homework it 's just for you to play with them to get the do them at your own pace . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've got so many pictures that I thought I 'd have a clear out ’ , she explains , surrounded by the sale items which represent months of hard work . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But they have to call in a vet from time to time , and it 's with those farmers that I think you 'll have most success , just so long as you keep your charges low . ’ |
| 19 | I wonder if it 's one of those things that I mean she 's reading the story aloud , I wonder if you were reading that story as as well |
| 20 | They go because they need to cover some sort of guilt , I 'm convinced of that now , the more people that I know I mean fib of all people fib is now turned to religion . |
| 21 | And you look so topping in that dress that I thought you might be a sport . |
| 22 | But it is not on that subject that I address you . |
| 23 | It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title . |
| 24 | Any species that I know I could n't provide the proper conditions for . |
| 25 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
| 26 | If I needed any proof that I bore you , that you do n't care about me — ’ |
| 27 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
| 28 | You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ? |
| 29 | So alien was it to see Mary Joe playing that way that I suspect she was injured and an android had been substituted , and wrongly programmed . |
| 30 | I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong . |