Example sentences of "the [noun] that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marchmont himself was forced to admit that ‘ Lord Anson 's promises are so long in the performing that I reckon none of us will build sudden expectations upon them ’ . |
| 2 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 3 | It was only when I looked up to my right and saw the board that I realized I had come to the right place . |
| 4 | ‘ It was only during the afternoon that I remembered it was my 15th birthday . ’ |
| 5 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 6 | At times I become so obsessive about the dangers that I find myself making lists of what could go wrong . |
| 7 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 8 | And the story that I heard which may not be true that he had he did n't have the wig and gown . |
| 9 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
| 10 | It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been . |
| 11 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
| 12 | John , of Pontypridd , Mid Glamorgan , said yesterday : ‘ It was n't until I came to pay for a car at the auction that I realised what I 'd done . |
| 13 | ‘ It was n't until he produced the ring that I took him seriously . ’ |
| 14 | Advanced age had by now somewhat mellowed my mother , with the result that I enjoyed my visits to the palace , for when the subject was other than myself she could be stimulating and amusing company . |
| 15 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 16 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 17 | Then there was the women 's clothes shop at Number 133 with its dresses in the window that I felt I would never be able to afford . |
| 18 | ‘ That sound changes as I go from the window that I picked it up in , to a different window , or to the desktop . ’ |
| 19 | " I expect they think at the Lab that I exploit you . " |
| 20 | And I want you to think about the question that I ask you but I do n't want you to speak out the answers . |
| 21 | And that was the film with the scene of the boy coming into the bar that I said I thought of when I saw Boy coming in sometimes . |
| 22 | I knew whenever I saw her , first time I was in the shop that I recognized her from somewhere . |
| 23 | ‘ He never once put his hand into his box all the years that I served him , ’ meaning he never gave me a gift of money , a bonus for service above and beyond the call of time . |
| 24 | I do not say this on the basis that I consider her approach irrational . |
| 25 | But once I have the thing and make it available , and say here is the gift that I promised it 's yours , it 's available , then , all you have to do is come and take it . |
| 26 | I can give the hon. Gentleman the undertaking — it is of the sort that I gave him in Committee — that I believe that many things should be done with the extra resources that we shall have , and in the context of administrative matters the care of records is relevant . |
| 27 | That was the point that I heard him make in Brighton . |
| 28 | Erm the reasons that we were er anxious about this allocation to Harrogate erm stemmed from the point that I think somebody should make on this occasion and that is that it does seem there are two local authorities within North Yorkshire that have particularly distinguished er issues to deal with on employment . |
| 29 | I wish only to make the point that I think it wrong that Opposition Members should seek to criticise my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford , who has fairly raised a matter that carries with it considerable concern in all strata of society . |
| 30 | And the truth that I insist I have discovered about the animal world is that it is never , ever boring . |