Example sentences of "[vb -s] i that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amazes me that the fine for moving a seat reservation card is actually more that the one for pulling the communication cord . |
| 2 | But , he said : ‘ When I see how well the Neighbourhood House is being used it annoys me that the obvious move to expand the service is thwarted by lack of cash . ’ |
| 3 | She believes fashion to be a Western concept , and tells me that the only other clothes an Asian woman needs besides a sari is a ‘ top ’ and a ‘ nice skirt ’ . |
| 4 | He tells me that the National Front 's ‘ a load of rubbish ’ , that politicians are ‘ a waste of time ’ and that when he sees his nan , … ‘ she 's always on about me getting a job . |
| 5 | He even informs me that the correct expression , à la Viz , is ‘ the drummer out of Cud ’ . |
| 6 | I 'm not a card-carrying clown so I was n't admitted to the AGM , but a usually reliable source informs me that the main issues debated were amalgamation with the US-based World Clowns ' Federation — inevitable , I suppose , in the era of superunions — and charitable status . |
| 7 | ‘ It pains me that the public hold chemical company executives in no higher esteem than estate agents , lawyers or even sitting members of Parliament ’ . |
| 8 | Mention of Polidori reminds me that the little Italian doctor had entered with Mary . |
| 9 | It strikes me that the transformed cladists have changed little except the words . |
| 10 | It strikes me that the whole phenomenon is in the same position as the ecology movement in the early Eighties , when it was associated with people with beards and woolly jumpers who drank Real Ale . |