Example sentences of "[verb] that i [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview .
2 Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting .
3 I mentioned that I missed my son and how I could n't see him .
4 When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities .
5 You will think that I hate my husband .
6 Do you want to explain it — or would you prefer that I pack my bag ?
7 You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately .
8 What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ?
9 I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes .
10 Later , he would tell Radio One 's Janice Long : ‘ I believed that I had my own work to do .
11 I hope that I chose my words with some care ; I do not want to add to them .
12 It does n't matter that I disappointed my parents .
13 And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ?
14 He 'd expected it , he added , since he noticed that I had my own plate and cup at work , and bought tea for whoever was sitting with me .
15 You may , perhaps , have thought that I put my point of view too emphatically to you on a matter on which you hold strong views , whereas I am not a partisan on the question of the death penalty .
16 One Sunday I was so fed up with living on Kit Kats that I called my mum .
17 It was on the morning when registration began that I had my fatal encounter .
18 You already know that I admire your work .
19 Delors , vouchsafes a little more of his vision of a centralised , bureaucratic , and socialist Europe , I confess that I have my doubts .
20 I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’
21 Oh I know but saying that I think my kiddies ' school 's all right so I 've got
22 Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side .
23 Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham .
24 And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money .
25 Here I will just assert that I think my comparisons are part of a ‘ historical materialist method ’ .
26 ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’
27 I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job .
28 ‘ If I accept your hospitality , ’ he said , ‘ it will not mean that I forfeit my right to kanly . ’
29 It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late .
30 Because I knew that I had my weaknesses , perhaps that is the reason that I was not more successful .
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