Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the strange lack of concern in ‘ A ’ Squadron 's diary and reports , and the fact that I heard so little from the regiment subsequently , may reflect a suspicion ( or knowledge ) on their part . |
| 2 | If we have the same amount of cold weather this winter as we had last winter , we will more or less double the coverage of the benefit as a result of the changes that I announced earlier this year . |
| 3 | I was only there a few weeks and was so bored and anxious to be gone that I remember very little about the place . |
| 4 | So has that just been recording all that I 've just all I 've just said ? |
| 5 | I realised that I get far more excitement than my heart and head can stand just from seeing my favourite sportsmen or women or teams fight their good fights and win magnificently , or lose unluckily ( always unluckily ) and my blood pressure would be much better off without even that vicarious sort of excitement . |
| 6 | WHY IS it that I get so much personally addressed mail ? |
| 7 | What , what you 're saying is that I mean broadly this is , is quite an incentive based system , at least on the face of it |
| 8 | Katia starts to talk about the special projects which they are planning in Japan , and groans about management with no sense of fun — ‘ Who 's that guy we met , Marielle ? — the big pompous one , who complained that I sang too much ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It shocks a lot of people , they do n't believe that I eat so much . |
| 10 | My husband , who 's 41 , hates the fact that I smoke and moans that I eat too much . |
| 11 | same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp |
| 12 | In bed , drifting on the edge of sleep , I think of November evenings in my own town that I hate so much , London , with its sky of sagging cloud , where all the beautiful women already have boyfriends . |
| 13 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 14 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 15 | My only rather weighty problem is the fact that I speak very little French though I am learning , both at French lessons and at my Medau classes . |
| 16 | ‘ I see that I know very little . |
| 17 | ‘ You introduced me to Paris and it will be my turn to introduce you to England — not that I know very much about London . |
| 18 | I have always made it clear that I take seriously any allegations of misbehaviour in any children 's home in Wales . |
| 19 | I found that I had far more anger in me than I ever realized . |
| 20 | ‘ I think my trouble was that I had too much help and felt as if my boobs were all anyone was interested in . |
| 21 | The fact that I had so little self-control seemed to be irritating him ever so slightly . |
| 22 | Although at this stage of my work I shared interests with him on matters concerning children 's learning and Art Education , I quickly discovered that I had so much more to learn from him about ideas , materials and their uses and in the need to create a working environment of a high order . |
| 23 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 24 | I have a small , immediate family and up until my cancer I would say that I had very few friends . |
| 25 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 26 | One that I enjoyed very much recently was H. J. Massingham 's autobiography ‘ Remembrance ’ , which , if you have not read , I am sure you would like . |
| 27 | exerting , that I carry too much weight and I know that and its like the lady said its not the chocolate biscuits but it is erm self erm |
| 28 | I know from your books , that I admire so much , that you are a shrewd observer of human … er , behaviour . |
| 29 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 30 | Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever . |