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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	" It would be wrong for me to pretend that these problems can be solved quickly — if they can be solved at all .
2	What she said to me on the subject of the race riots and how she felt in that context makes me think that this stage in her life was nothing to do with race .
3	If you have any of your class members attending please let them know that this payment is now due .
4	Enough for me to know that this house was not a good place to be when he was alive , not good for either of you .
5	Phone — Office again to let me know that free school meals have been confirmed for pupil B. Back to typing .
6	Jamaicans usually claim to be able to understand everything said in Standard English ; it comes as something of a shock to many of them to find that English people can by no means always understand them .
7	I overheard that this afternoon , I did n't think that was
8	Nor am I suggesting that black children are somehow linguistically deficient or unable to separate English from Creole .
9	Nor am I suggesting that these strategies are in fact used by professional translators in any significant way ; one has to acknowledge that , in spite of being available in theory , they are in fact rarely used in practice .
10	Not for a moment am I suggesting that these figures , always in billions , are not important ; only that I , an innumerate , can not make head or tail of them .
11	In August I revealed that Prime Minister 's son James Major had a £3-an-hour holiday job .
12	Commenting on the resignations , he said : ‘ I regret that certain people were unable to accept the majority decision of the executive .
13	I , hope , too , that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will address the technical problems of billing , particularly carry-over yearly billing , to avoid current confusion with many charge payers , because I regret that separate billing has not increased accountability .
14	I contend that such Biros employ an advanced form of camouflage .
15	' I contend that these crowds spontaneously generate from microscopic spores which constantly drift about in our atmosphere , awaiting the perfect conditions in which to briefly flourish .
16	Earlier this year , I announced that local authorities would receive aggregate external finance of £5.13 billion .
17	I mean that each image tries to express something that belongs to millions of people . ’
18	I mean that that couple of blokes
19	‘ I realized that one day before the war .
20	Drawing nearer , I realized that warm air had twisted their outline — they were two men using scythes , no , garden rakes .
21	When I had finished , and when we had counted the money in the hat ( which we did round the corner , discreetly ) , I realized that four songs had earned us enough to pay for a proper meal , each , in a cheap restaurant .
22	I realized that this suit had been among the clothes Barrymore had left for Selden , and I told Holmes .
23	During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting .
24	‘ But I realised that one day I might not be so lucky .
25	As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his .
26	But , gradually , I realised that kinky underwear gives me sexual freedom .
27	Afterwards I realised that this idea was wrong .
28	‘ Once I realised that this novel was going to be a kind of mammoth , I decided to forgo writing the series .
29	but I realised that big weight losses often happen to very overweight people at the beginning of their diets , so I did n't expect to continue at anything like that pace .
30	Though , as he agreed in throwing Coe overboard while Barry and I were reported , virtually , by the select committee , to be on an equality , I fear that personal feelings together with hostility to my style , had an even stronger influence .