Example sentences of "[that] i [vb past] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was just that you seemed so interested in my being one of the survivors that I got quite the wrong initial impression . ’ |
| 2 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 3 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 4 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 5 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 6 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |