Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb base] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never let it be said that I visit empty-handed ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ That 's not my style , Ian — you should realise that I set great store by not creating ‘ scenes ’ ; by not making those that I esteem suffer any unnecessary discomfort , whether it be social , physical , or otherwise . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It must sometimes be the case that I bring British fish back to London , but it will probably be in better condition than if it had been bought there as foreign agents insist on good transport and packing . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The end result is that I 've large arrears on the centre 's mortgage , and now the building society is threatening repossession in the new year , unless we can clear the arrears . |
| 5 | I 'm a creature of habit — in the way I have my hair cut , the suits I wear , the eternal brown boots that I get ribbed about and which are fleetingly seen by the viewers at the end of the programme as we come to the closing headlines . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that I get real fed up with bozos like you trying to rip me off all the time . |
| 7 | ‘ The Queen herself has insisted that I get involved in all aspects of the negotiations at all levels . |
| 8 | Well , I did it alone , just with the help of Crossroads , and the district nurse in , in the mornings , five days a week and really that is all the help I had , except that I get domestic staff myself , and any help that I need , I have to pay for . |
| 9 | You can assume that I mean legitimate , ethical and otherwise proper methods . |
| 10 | By that I mean book-signing sessions — I 've been all over the place , from Darlington and Beverley in the North , to as far as Nottingham in the South , and met some wonderful people — and literary luncheons , plus what I suppose you could call ‘ personal appearances ’ at all kinds of functions . |
| 11 | Do you know that I eat little boys like you for breakfast ? " |
| 12 | I dislike them in the way that I dislike Pre-Raphaelite things . |
| 13 | ‘ My only desire is to ensure that I remain dry-eyed , ’ she told him with a detachment she certainly did n't feel . |
| 14 | ‘ I may have told Mrs Quatt that my position demands that I remain impartial , but one can not entirely prevent oneself from having human feelings and preferences ! ’ |
| 15 | As far as I can tell , we have some sort of unspoken agreement that I keep quiet about not officially existing in return for being able to do more or less as I like on the island and buy more or less what I like in the town . |
| 16 | I mean , every builder that I walk past whistles . |
| 17 | I 've just planted a seed that I know other people |
| 18 | ‘ I have simply one question to ask of you and , before you answer , I must inform you that I know full well the delicate details of your personal relationship with the late King . ’ |
| 19 | I like to get on with it at home , but when I 've toured I 've been so desperate to do well , so conscious of not getting out , that I become negative . |
| 20 | Now that I call curious . ’ |
| 21 | That I grow bored after an hour or two . |
| 22 | He 's made me work so hard that I feel tired and ill . |
| 23 | Apart from that I feel great . |
| 24 | When he was first with me I could belt up about seven in the morning , but , recently I 've noticed that I feel unwell if I get up and rush out . |
| 25 | These women seem so real that I feel sure that they were based , at least in part , on women that Anthony Trollope knew . |
| 26 | It is precisely on this point that I feel proud and happy and am convinced that my book will survive . " |
| 27 | ‘ He learns so quickly ’ one teacher observed to me ‘ that I feel unnecessary ’ . |
| 28 | It has been tough going , finding out things about myself which were buried deep but with ministry from the leaders and looking to God for answers I believe he has healed not only my drug problem but has cleansed me from sin so that I feel clean . |
| 29 | I was against this sport all along , but it is only now that I have read the page in the Leicester Mercury that I feel bold enough to speak out to you . |
| 30 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |