Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 2 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 3 | Now that I 've seen his photograph and read his prose style , I ca n't imagine how he and Serafin ever contrived to live together . |
| 4 | ‘ Now I 've been told that I 've lost my place and I 'm very disappointed . ’ |
| 5 | Or is it that I 've lost my sense of balance ? |
| 6 | Oh look at that I 've lost me pen now , bloody thing 's , okay |
| 7 | ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic . |
| 8 | I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime . |
| 9 | No because everybody who has it is aware of the fact that you know they 've se known that I 've changed my number before and they know why . |
| 10 | ‘ It might interest you to learn that I 've changed my opinion on that matter , ’ he admitted drily . |
| 11 | I know my objectivity as a reviewer is going to be put sorely to the test , because so far I 've loved every one that I 've laid my hands on . |
| 12 | ‘ We were talking about my career , and how I 'm not prepared to have you insinuate that I 've slept my way to the top ! ’ |
| 13 | For all those who scoffed at the idea of my mastering anything complex like Excel , I 'm pleased to say that I 've bought my first copy , and it 's nothing like as hard as I thought . |
| 14 | ‘ I think that I 've improved my game a lot , also . |
| 15 | And say that I 've busted my bra strap ! |
| 16 | Now that I 've finished my English and do n't have a tutor I 'll be able to get more . |
| 17 | I point away to you you know that I 've finished my conversation . |
| 18 | Saying that I 've got me notice on a Monday |
| 19 | Keep flashing me to say that I 've got my headlights on so I , when I , I give them flash back to say no I have n't . |
| 20 | After I 'd finished the poem I felt triumphant that I 'd broken my fear-silence . |
| 21 | Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good . |
| 22 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 23 | ‘ It thought that I 'd sold its mate . |
| 24 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 25 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 26 | She tried undressing me again and I said no , she 'd better go , that I 'd changed my mind . |
| 27 | Not that I mean to make her sound like some latter-day Anne Frank , of course . ’ |
| 28 | It was when I started having health and financial problems that I began to re-evaluate my life , and I could see that it was an appalling misery . |
| 29 | It 's tragic — there 's a chap along this road that I like to keep my eye on and it 's as long as it 's short — to lose your eldest boy . |
| 30 | It will probably be understood that I wish to make my remarks in the context of the Scottish agricultural scene . |