Example sentences of "[noun] that i [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | It is as a stranger that I greet my own self , and see it as an unknown fellow traveller through time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On the other hand , it was on this condition that I joined your company : you agreed that should your business ever go public , I would have fifteen per cent of the equity for the nominal sum of fifteen thousand pounds . |
| 8 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 9 | ‘ Will you write Charles Napier that I made his man Moncrieff a lieutenant , ’ Keith wrote , ‘ and I am now obliged to invalid him to prevent his being dismissed by a court martial . |
| 10 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 11 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 12 | I started — and still do — in a field that I call my Chagall field because Chagall once painted one exactly like it . |
| 13 | It was also in May that I started my new programme of intensive stretching exercises and aerobics . |
| 14 | ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight . |
| 15 | Well , I have been following this mailing list and have yet to post a message , but am sad to see that it is under these circumstances that I post my first … |
| 16 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 17 | I do not say this on the basis that I consider her approach irrational . |
| 18 | And so it was in the light of this suspicion that I examined my friend 's body and my own . |
| 19 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 20 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 21 | Joan while I remember in my car I 've got some things that I want your professional advice about . |
| 22 | But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry : |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | If you were a professional model I should probably require you to take every stitch of clothing off , let alone your shoes and stockings , and , if you will remember , it is on the grounds of the business-like aspect of this arrangement that I have your aunt 's sanction to paint you . |
| 25 | It was on Stephen Leacock 's advice that I tried my hand at writing humour and found it very arduous work ; writing ordinary prose was hard enough , but trying to make it funny was even harder . |
| 26 | It is with some trepidation that I mention our feathered friends — LARUS CANUS — the common gull . |
| 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 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 29 | You will now release me : the resulting implication being that I bought my freedom at the expense of his . |
| 30 | cos there 's a little coffee table sort of thing that I put my script on |