Example sentences of "that i often " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not the fault of Annie Besant 's biographer that I often longed to put this book down . |
| 2 | One is that I often stay at a first-class hotel to merge into the background . |
| 3 | At home my temperature had followed the expected pattern , but here readings were so low when I was resting , even at midday , that I often kept the thermometer in my mouth for fifteen minutes in the hope that it would rise . |
| 4 | I am sorry to say that I often broke the tenth commandment for I really coveted that model and expect many of my contemporaries were also guilty of that sin . |
| 5 | The local bye-laws have diminished the flexibility of matches to such an extent that I often feel that I could write a script for them , observing the necessary theatrical unities and climaxing the set piece with a compulsory exciting denouement — a bit like and episode of Neighbours . |
| 6 | The flat in West Kensington was really only three large , formerly elegant rooms , with ceilings so high that I often gaped at the room 's proportions , as if I were in a derelict cathedral . |
| 7 | And , since I could not admit that I often found Nonni both difficult and boring , I had a hard time with myself . |
| 8 | This much was true , that I often found myself in my mother 's kitchen staring at the array of condiments , spices , herbs and tinned foods , wondering why she should have bought this particular kind of split peas , rather than another . |
| 9 | Nor was I surprised that I often had to show the students how language use might be made meaningful . |
| 10 | But what 's really scary is that I often lie there for an age afterwards thinking , ‘ Just what will I do , if this dream should ever come true ? ’ |
| 11 | Now , I was never a good getter-up but I do have the excuse that I often retire very late , particularly if I have a visitor in the afternoon and need to get a bit of washing or something done at night when it is possible to get on with it without interruptions . |
| 12 | Today the tone of so many of these adverts is so unashamedly boastful — full of triumphs in beauty competitions , prizes won and degrees achieved — that I often wondered whether these perfect matches are all they claim to be . |
| 13 | The reason I want to learn ISL is that I often go to Dublin and feel ashamed of my inability to communicate . |