Example sentences of "i [verb] [that] i [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | The more I read of the early months of Nicholas MacMahon the more convinced I became that I too was rearing a prodigy . |
2 | In discussions with Bohr in September 1926 Schrödinger said " If we are going to stick to this damn quantum-jumping , then I regret that I ever had anything to do with quantum theory " . |
3 | ‘ I cried a lot coming out of my teens , ’ says Charlotte , now 22 , ‘ because I realised that I no longer had an excuse to play out the role of mother 's beloved charge . |
4 | Being a mere composite from charnel houses , I fear that I alone undergo this sorrow behind the eyebrows . |
5 | I found that I no longer felt for Jean-Claude but for myself . |
6 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
7 | First you find out that she 's dead ; then , a while later , I say that I never killed a single patient . |
8 | Nor was I surprised that I often had to show the students how language use might be made meaningful . |
9 | I recall that I generously made no charge for the time involved in this interview ! |
10 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
11 | I confess that I sometimes wonder whether the thought of Europe as a whole is in some people 's minds , particularly when we discuss our friends in the Community and their actions . |
12 | I could never visit Kyle of Lochalsh without feeling an impelling urge to go across to Skye , and now , in writing this book , which was originally intended to be about the mainland only , I find that I simply can not pass the island by without a further look at its highlight , the Black Cuillin . |
13 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
14 | So , you see , little Miss Ellie Browne with an ‘ E ’ , why I decided that I no longer wish to put it down to experience . ’ |
15 | I suppose that I really put two and two together when reading a ( non aquatic ) book on the rain forest , which mentioned that the Rio Negro in Brazil was dark , due to a weak tea effect as the water percolated first through the vegetation and then through the sandy subsoil ( as opposed to clay subsoils elsewhere in the Amazon basin ) . |
16 | I feel that I really ought to spend six minutes answering the kind of letter that begins : ‘ I used to be at your prep school . |
17 | ‘ Sometimes I feel that I never want to see it again . ’ |
18 | But now I feel that I actually have the ability . ’ |
19 | I felt that I still had so much to learn and there were recognised props in the squad . |
20 | But you have the power to hurt me , Ellie , and because I knew that I masochistically invited more . |
21 | When I reflected on all this later I knew that I just should not have lost my temper . |
22 | From the moment I saw her , I knew that I still loved her , and that her absence had only deepened my passion . ’ |
23 | I knew that I always overestimated the time these outings took , but I was certain that we 'd been going for over two hours , and still we were crashing on . |
24 | I remembered that I too hated the dust , and as I imagined the walk into the desert I felt the sky come low and very close . |
25 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |
26 | I think that I still felt rather disorientated . |
27 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
28 | I said that I usually threw them out each week . |
29 | Well I do n't I said , I said I 'll take it , but I said that I really do n't , I mean I said it 's really , I said I 've explained very carefully it 's Iris who had all that yes , ah , but here 's a script , so you see , that had at least got through |
30 | I admit that I once cared a hell of a lot about my appearance , but I 've changed . ’ |