Example sentences of "i that [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local general practitioner of twelve years ' standing , concerned about the increased incidence of myelomas ( a type of bone marrow cancer ) in his area , told me that nobody in their right senses would eat cockles and mussels from Morecambe Bay . |
| 2 | Haines assured me that everything at his end would remain secret , but a few years later I was both surprised and vexed to find that he had retailed the story in his memoirs without any indication of his pledge of confidentiality . |
| 3 | ‘ Our defence experts have assured me that nothing of any real size could get through undetected . |
| 4 | This confirms many readers ' views and , since woodworkers keep tool and machinery suppliers in business , it seems to me that somebody on the supply side should justify what appears to be gross profiteering . |
| 5 | It seemed to me that somebody like Michael Crawford would be an absolute past master at giving a riveting performance by appearing to do almost nothing . |
| 6 | I have a sensation of heat as I approach the fire ; but when I approach the same fire too closely , I have a sensation of pain ; so there is nothing to convince me that something in the fire resembles heat , any more than the pain ; it is just that there must be something in it ( whatever this may turn out to be ) that produces the sensations of heat or pain . |
| 7 | The clinical instinct I was beginning to develop told me that something inside this animal was fundamentally awry . |
| 8 | It appals me that anybody in government can considerate it appropriate to use terms like mum 's army , with the connotations that that has with Captain Mainwaring and his bimbling set of idiots . |
| 9 | Well she told me that he in six months , yeah it was planned were n't it six months |
| 10 | When we finally had the showdown , he actually told me that none of them mattered . |
| 11 | That evening Mrs Puri remarked to me that none of the considerable expense of the party would have been necessary if members of her family did not insist on leaving the Punjab and pursuing business ventures Abroad . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , it amazes me that none of you has apparently thought of comparing the print-outs of yesterday with today 's work . |