Example sentences of "[adj] that i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It was at times like this that I felt very small in the landscape .
2 It is at times like this that I regret not doing a scientific 0-level and becoming a brain surgeon so that no one would ask me to wash up or scrub floors .
3 The only other thing I have to put to you is this that I 've already put to er what we allege went on in that bedroom .
4 Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’
5 From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement .
6 I have always made it clear that I take seriously any allegations of misbehaviour in any children 's home in Wales .
7 ‘ I admired Lewis and his friends immensely , ’ Wain reported years later in an autobiography ; but ‘ already it was clear that I did not share their basic attitudes , ’ which were Christian , conservative and anti-modern .
8 I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him !
9 I 'm quite clear that I do not need either an outline or a planning application in order to arrive at my conclusion that the effect of any development on these sites would be deleterious to the historic character of Skelton .
10 But , just to make sure you do n't jump to any more ludicrous conclusions , I 'd better make it clear that I do n't ever intend you to get away from me .
11 The room , and the view , and the two people , seemed so calm that I did not want to disturb them .
12 And this lot is some that I took down here .
13 Some of my negative qualities that I like are : Some that I do n't like are :
14 I think that many of the points I wanted to bring forward and some that I did n't know about .
15 Second , they can be qualified by relative clauses : ( 26 ) the rudest , which was very rude indeed , is best forgotten now the longest that I have ever seen was about two metres and a half ( 27 ) the fragrant , which comes from Japan , is a splendid choice the triangular which you wanted has been sold
16 Well I thought I 've got ta be careful that I do n't sound too
17 Being so disorganised that I do n't have time when friends need me .
18 ‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed .
19 He stared into his brandy and then , rather sourly for such a charming man , said , ‘ I 'm afraid that I do n't quite follow you , Bodo . ’
20 ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week .
21 ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week .
22 I felt foolish that I had n't been prepared for the fact that his skin would be so bad or his teeth so deteriorated .
23 I must say , the diplomatic bag works extremely fast in both directions , so we are managing to keep up some kind of dialogue : she was insistent that I get out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's as much as possible .
24 Cos there 's only a few that I get on really well with .
25 There are a few that I have n't seen on is n't there ?
26 There was a shoe in the flowerbed that I had n't known about .
27 Dixie lies so still and bloody that I do n't need to touch him .
28 ‘ It 's odd that I have n't heard of you .
29 The , the problem is , that nobody will ever take , and I suppose it 's possible that I do n't take , a balanced view of this .
30 These Normandy mosquitoes were the largest and most persistent that I had ever encountered .
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