Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 2 | Not that I 've seen anyone . |
| 3 | Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion . |
| 4 | ‘ So , now that I 've explained everything , do you think you 'll marry me ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She hates the fact that I 've lost nothing and she 's lost everything . ’ |
| 6 | It makes me feel pleased that I 've achieved something in my chosen career . ’ |
| 7 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 8 | Doreen said : ‘ I 've been really lucky in that I 've enjoyed everyone of my 34 years with the company . |
| 9 | With the er , erm , was it years before that I 've had something like forty or thirty five |
| 10 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |
| 11 | In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April . |
| 12 | No but I just know that I 've forgotten something to say . |
| 13 | that I 've got one that works . |
| 14 | It 's the knowledge that I 've got something tremendous inside me , and it 's got to come out . |
| 15 | Other than that I 've got nothing to do . |
| 16 | Now I feel grateful that I 've got someone who listens and who is there for me . |
| 17 | One wrote that and then said , ‘ It 's not that I 've got anything against my husband , it 's just he 's pig ignorant . ’ ’ |
| 18 | Not that I 've got anything against them personally . |
| 19 | Not that I 've got anything against Sue 's family , mind . |
| 20 | Not that I 've got anything against babies . |
| 21 | Not that I 've got anything at all against them getting out and about a bit now , ’ he added hurriedly , not wanting another Grimma on his hands . |
| 22 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 23 | Well to me it was a first time and being an unmarried man that I 'd earned anything like it . |
| 24 | He 'd see it as some kind of betrayal , that I 'd allowed someone from outside to see that things are n't as perfect as they ought to be . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 26 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 27 | Being that I 'd had one before and I was alright about it , I feel fine . |
| 28 | ‘ A young detective remembered that I 'd had something like that stolen , ’ he says . |
| 29 | He regarded it as one of my most endearing qualities that I seemed to want nothing from him . |
| 30 | But the main thing , after all , was that I had sent nothing abroad , although some diplomat friends had offered to do this for me . |