Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So , what is the blackness that I feel inside ? |
| 2 | I think to be a good teaching aid something has to say ‘ Well I think this because ’ and , as it were , retrace the chain of reasoning that I 've just the sort of chain that I 've given you . |
| 3 | And although I have occasionally considered a larger tank in the house ( I have a 48″ × 15″ × 15″ ) , accommodating it would involve so much disruption that I have never bitten the bullet . |
| 4 | It is £50 million more than the formula consequences of the England settlement , with the result that I have that much less available for other programmes . |
| 5 | I shall give the hon. Member the same reply that I gave previously : this is a matter for the Leader of the House , who is in the Chamber . |
| 6 | It was with this in mind that I came joyously across the story of Stephen Eastham this week . |
| 7 | Stories which Eliot knew then such as ‘ They ’ and ‘ The End of the Passage ’ , ‘ one of the most striking tales of fear that I have ever read ’ , would haunt his poetry . |
| 8 | All of this was already mapped out in a very decent and proper piece of research that I had just written up . |
| 9 | Such research would be all the more effective if it were done in conjunction with the European and British institutes for tropical research that I discussed earlier this year ( 3 and 20 January , pp 106 and 183 ) . |
| 10 | May I draw the Economic Secretary 's attention to a study that I have just received from the House of Commons Library 's statistical section ? |
| 11 | I was just making small talk and some of it was the most petty talk that I 've ever heard ! |
| 12 | So she dashed off to her room and came back with a piece of underwear that I had certainly never seen before . |
| 13 | ‘ He has a look of brutal ambition that I 've always detested ! ’ |
| 14 | I wrote to the effect that I did indeed look forward to life with him , and that my guidelines for living were the same as his . |
| 15 | Before doing so I should say by way of parenthesis that I have totally bypassed the colleagues who are currently members of the Government , several of whom suggested privately that they would resign if the Maastricht bill or anything like it is brought back on to the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 16 | One of the most impressive examples of one-room living that I have ever seen was in a long , narrow space approximately 7.5 m by 3 m ( 24 ft by 10 ft ) . |
| 17 | It is without any pleasure that I seek once more to call the attention of the House to the problems faced by Derbyshire police force . |
| 18 | And it really is to promote a couple of the initiatives of your instrument that I stand here . |
| 19 | It is pure irony that after a climb involving some of the most sustained smooth rock that I 'd ever encountered , the finish involved a traverse of wire cable attached to a telepherique station , a swing down and across metal laddering and a hand-traverse of the spars which guide the telepherique into its housing . |
| 20 | A few evenings on this field , which had previously seemed barren , produced : crotal and rumbler bones ; medieval and Georgian buckles ; fifty copper coins ( 17th to 19th century ) ; buttons , a 17th century spoon ; a piece of 18th century watch fob ; and the smallest barrel lock that I have ever seen . |
| 21 | ‘ That was the stupidest story that I 've ever heard , ’ said the bigger girl . |
| 22 | ‘ It is the most beautiful story that I have ever heard , ’ said the bigger girl . |
| 23 | No , what I 'm saying is erm that having looked at each individual case that I 've sometimes felt frustrated about , I 've been glad that they are n't larger for the sake of coming down to human rights . |
| 24 | My precious work , my mainstay that I carried everywhere with me — even into hospital — was about to be taken away . |
| 25 | I tell you the truth : it is to your advantage that I go away ; for if I do not go away , the Paraclete will not come to you ; but if I go , I will send him to you . |
| 26 | ‘ It is to your advantage that I go away , for if I do not go away the Paraclete will not come to you . |
| 27 | I tried the church door one last time in the vain hope that I had mistakenly found it closed , but closed it remained . |
| 28 | I do n't know about you though , it 's a text that I have quite often had difficulty with and it 's And again I say rejoice , rejoice rejoice and again I say rejoice . |
| 29 | She added that to herself while , aloud , she elaborated , ‘ I was fishing for a coin that I 'd accidentally dropped down the back of the chair … and there was my passport and the rest of my stuff . ’ |
| 30 | I would enter a plea that I have often made that the street officer 's authority … and discretion should be given better recognition . |