Example sentences of "that i [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was only when I was in secondary school and took notice of the relationship of children of my age were with their parents and families , that I realised how other people behaved . |
| 2 | However , it was not until she came round from behind the reception desk that I realised how huge she was . |
| 3 | It was only towards the end of last year , when the book was going to press and space was tight , that I realised how important a contribution was made not only by my work , but also the work of all the women who had contributed to the Project both nationally and internationally . |
| 4 | I think it was then , with his powerful fingers digging like claws into my arm , that I realised how formidable the man was . |
| 5 | Perhaps the strange lack of concern in ‘ A ’ Squadron 's diary and reports , and the fact that I heard so little from the regiment subsequently , may reflect a suspicion ( or knowledge ) on their part . |
| 6 | If we have the same amount of cold weather this winter as we had last winter , we will more or less double the coverage of the benefit as a result of the changes that I announced earlier this year . |
| 7 | I was only there a few weeks and was so bored and anxious to be gone that I remember very little about the place . |
| 8 | It was for a number of reasons , apart from a wish to escape from teaching , that I set out some weeks later for Libya , then a country almost entirely unknown . |
| 9 | So has that just been recording all that I 've just all I 've just said ? |
| 10 | It was only six months earlier , when I read his Lyrical Essays , that I realized how essential these Algerian summers are to an understanding of Camus . |
| 11 | It was only long after her death that I realized how much anger lay under my acceptance of that responsibility and how much energy I had used holding that down . |
| 12 | I realised that I get far more excitement than my heart and head can stand just from seeing my favourite sportsmen or women or teams fight their good fights and win magnificently , or lose unluckily ( always unluckily ) and my blood pressure would be much better off without even that vicarious sort of excitement . |
| 13 | WHY IS it that I get so much personally addressed mail ? |
| 14 | It 's not the children that I get so annoyed on the the trick or treat and the previous running up to the bonfire night . |
| 15 | It 's just that I get so lonely sometimes . |
| 16 | In fact , I came to the conclusion that I looked rather good in glasses . |
| 17 | ‘ Ken Russell , the director , insisted I grew one of my own , rather than wear a false one , so that I looked completely convincing . |
| 18 | I thought that I looked so smart in my white shoes , shorts , shirt and three cornered hat . |
| 19 | I had not realized that I looked so old and tired . |
| 20 | What , what you 're saying is that I mean broadly this is , is quite an incentive based system , at least on the face of it |
| 21 | I was terribly disappointed that I got only two " O " levels — for English Language and history . |
| 22 | Katia starts to talk about the special projects which they are planning in Japan , and groans about management with no sense of fun — ‘ Who 's that guy we met , Marielle ? — the big pompous one , who complained that I sang too much ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It shocks a lot of people , they do n't believe that I eat so much . |
| 24 | My husband , who 's 41 , hates the fact that I smoke and moans that I eat too much . |
| 25 | same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp |
| 26 | In bed , drifting on the edge of sleep , I think of November evenings in my own town that I hate so much , London , with its sky of sagging cloud , where all the beautiful women already have boyfriends . |
| 27 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 28 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 29 | I prevailed with the gaoler ( the sheriff denying me ) to take some of the seamen that I thought most dangerous [ i.e. the likeliest to try to escape ] a week ago , and , notwithstanding the strength of the place , from a turret … four men slipped away by a cord in a minute … |
| 30 | the er children 's television show they they occasionally show a Newfoundland pulling a boat , well now that 's the film that I made about ten years ago and this Newfoundland pulled in the boat . |