Example sentences of "[noun] that i [vb past] my " 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 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 . |
| 6 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 7 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 8 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 9 | It was also in May that I started my new programme of intensive stretching exercises and aerobics . |
| 10 | ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight . |
| 11 | And so it was in the light of this suspicion that I examined my friend 's body and my own . |
| 12 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | You will now release me : the resulting implication being that I bought my freedom at the expense of his . |
| 17 | It was only after moving to Llanberis that I did my next winter route in Wales — a quick solo of Sinister Gully . |
| 18 | It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there . |
| 19 | They suffered me to the extent that I did my column for 530 weeks in a row but over the years there was more and more of a crackdown on giving me facilities in the office . |
| 20 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 21 | It knew the nights when I was more drunk than others and the first time that I turned my back . ’ |
| 22 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |