Example sentences of "i [verb] [that] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like when someone says that the records you love are just plastic junk and they are the sort of people who read and rake in all that shit in the daily papers , then it makes me think that my daily intake of media is far superior to theirs . |
| 2 | Before the editors of trade magazines start sticking sub-editors ' spikes in my effigy let me explain that their publications perform a valuable function and are extremely interesting to their readers . |
| 3 | But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning . |
| 4 | But anyway , she made me promise that my first day in New York , I 'd go to Statue of Liberty . |
| 5 | Moreover , the wine loosened Ralemberg 's tongue and the more he spoke the more convinced I became that his trading venture would be the basis of my own success . |
| 6 | I regret that his application does not meet the requirements of the Standing Order . |
| 7 | I repeat that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made the position absolutely clear , as we have done on many occasions . |
| 8 | By overload I mean that their performance of the job begins to break down as their current level of competence is pushed to the limit and beyond . |
| 9 | I mean that our dad was gon na come up , he says do you want me to come up , but there 's nowt you can do though |
| 10 | This time I left them alone , and stayed in the kitchen with little Hareton , but when I came to warn them that Hindley had returned , I realized that their quarrel had only brought them closer together . |
| 11 | Thanks to Karen 's attack I had n't been able to pee , and when my organ switched from reproductive to urinary mode I realized that my bladder was bursting . |
| 12 | It was at this point — a year or so into our campaign — that I realized that my efforts were not always appreciated by the other members of the group . |
| 13 | I had only just finished describing the happiness of endless life , when I realized that my friend 's shoulders were shaking and tears of laughter were running down his face . |
| 14 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |
| 15 | As I climbed from my cramped couch , I realized that my hope of helping the girl was also dead . |
| 16 | It was a day or two before I realized that his behaviour was becoming more than a little frenetic , to say the least . |
| 17 | At that moment of jubilation I realised that my own philosophy on life and that of football management go hand in foot . |
| 18 | When these arrived I realised that my dream of Halton was not to be . |
| 19 | In a flash I realised that my propeller was tearing great chunks out of his cockpit and he was quite literally trapped . |
| 20 | ‘ I realised that our existence is nothing but a succession of moments perceived through the senses . |
| 21 | I realised that our visit was a big event when staff started pouring into the entrance foyer , all intent on making Zephyr 's acquaintance . |
| 22 | However , I realised that his chances of racing that year were only 50–50 and I told the owners this . |
| 23 | And the more I thought , the more I realised that his bonhomie had been superficial . |
| 24 | The right hon. Gentleman referred to investment , but I fear that his judgment is not shared by others . |
| 25 | I fear that his disabilities will be permanent . |
| 26 | " I can only treat Dr Dunstaple as I would treat any of my patients and I fear that your father would not agree to my methods . |
| 27 | I begin by joining my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) in lending my full support to the Prime Minister in everything that he said , and in giving my full support to the motion — although I fear that my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and I may not be able to agree on other matters , with which I shall deal later . |
| 28 | I fear that our nation has set itself up for a decade of national strife . |
| 29 | Yet even scientific curiosity in such places is minute in this country , and I fear that our national outlook is still tainted by that Anglo-Saxon authoritarianism that the first English settlers took with them to the New World . |
| 30 | ‘ Madam , I judge that my lord of Gloucester has the welfare of his nephews close to his heart , ’ the chancellor told her . |