Example sentences of "that i [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dream that I am visited by a poet called T. S. Eliot . |
| 2 | The conference was helpful in aiding my understanding of the great mass of information that I am faced with in my volunteer role . |
| 3 | Now I find myself alone — that is irrelevant in terms of what happens to me , but for the idea that the Lord was homosexual , and for the perverted practices on his dead body not to be seen to be blasphemous if the case is lost — about that I am lost for words ! |
| 4 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 5 | Otherwise , ‘ how great soever the assurance is , that I am possessed with , it is groundless ; whatever light I pretend to , it is but enthusiasm . ’ |
| 6 | But then with an ever deepening sinking feeling inside I realise that I am bound for failure once again . |
| 7 | I place my chair to the left of the swim so that I am hidden behind the wall of rushes and have a good viewpoint of both rods . |
| 8 | Suppose that I am committed to an ideal of conserving areas of natural beauty or variegated wild life in my country . |
| 9 | Suppose that I am supplied with a sequence of electrons which have been prepared in such a way that they are all in the same state of motion . |
| 10 | What she wo n't want to hear is that I am cured of the madness which kept me from sleeping at night and the imagination which played havoc with my peace of mind during the day . |
| 11 | ‘ As cage birds they are as interesting as can possibly be imagined ; for , independently of their highly ornamental appearance , they differ from all the other members of their family that I am acquainted with , in having a most animated and pleasing song ; besides which , they are constantly billing , cooing , and feeding each other , and assuming every possible variety of graceful position . |
| 12 | In 1945 Ottawa wrote to Ira Dilworth suggesting that I be transferred to the general production staff in Toronto and the strength of his opposition and mine resulted in the postponement of such a move . |
| 13 | My condition for accepting the invitation to participate in a debate on IQ was that I be shown in advance any press release advertising the debate , for I feared being misrepresented . |
| 14 | Word had just come from Ottawa , he told me , confirming his suggestion that I be promoted to the post of Production Manager for the CBC , as from the end of the month . |
| 15 | … you at the back , madam ? … can I take it , then , that I 'm heard in all parts of the house ? " |
| 16 | I know that I 'm regarded as one [ a feminist ] because of the way they [ the male staff ] treat me . |
| 17 | ‘ Ironic , that I 'm faced with a choice now , ’ he mused , taking her face in his hand . |
| 18 | After all , one of the reasons that I 'm doing this job is that I 'm plugged into what 's going on out there . |
| 19 | Its her that I 'm vexed at . |
| 20 | And yet I find that I 'm disturbed at the thought of what the world would look like in the wake of an amateur home porn video-led fashion revolution . |
| 21 | just in case there 's anything , och , I do n't want a stranger to think that I 'm built like an elephant ! |
| 22 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 23 | But you know I still think that I 'm drawn towards that sort of teaching , performing that kind of role erm and that would n't be fulfilled by librarianship at all . |
| 24 | At the university here we have got two or three groups in which we do know how to do that and especially the work that I 'm associated with , again the arts undergraduates , we have developed over a period now of something like six years , ways of giving them confidence , and it 's amazing to see what happens . |
| 25 | But do n't think for a moment that I 'm duped by my own little lies . ’ |