Example sentences of "is that [pers pn] [vb past] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The only problem is that they taught me to swear like a trooper . ’ |
| 2 | What is the issue is that you expected me to stay and I did n't . |
| 3 | And then after a brief explanation , ‘ The only reason I write to you is that you warned me this would happen . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 5 | In a moment I will produce the recipe — and please , will readers do their best to suspend disbelief until they have tried it ? — but one of the main points about this recipe is that it taught me ( for after all , one does not buy lobsters all that often ) that anisette is , improbably but incontrovertibly , a quite magical ingredient in fish dishes and sauces . |
| 6 | ‘ All I know is that it cost me a lot of money to learn . ’ |
| 7 | The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream . |