Example sentences of "i [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor am I suggesting that black children are somehow linguistically deficient or unable to separate English from Creole . |
| 2 | In August I revealed that Prime Minister 's son James Major had a £3-an-hour holiday job . |
| 3 | Commenting on the resignations , he said : ‘ I regret that certain people were unable to accept the majority decision of the executive . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Earlier this year , I announced that local authorities would receive aggregate external finance of £5.13 billion . |
| 6 | Drawing nearer , I realized that warm air had twisted their outline — they were two men using scythes , no , garden rakes . |
| 7 | But , gradually , I realised that kinky underwear gives me sexual freedom . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | First my father 's plans for my marrying a French princess , precluded my offering you anything more than a clandestine attachment — and now , with the future so uncertain , I fear that clandestine attachment and French princess are each as remote as the other . |
| 11 | I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late . |
| 12 | ‘ I met that young man Billy Sullivan in the park the other day , ’ Annie said casually , wanting to glean some information about him . |
| 13 | I hate that black velvet on the chairs and sofa . |
| 14 | After tonight , I realise that real life is what matters . |
| 15 | Watching her sleep , however , is not the most stimulating experience I 've had of late , although I realise that certain New York film-makers would have shot ten solid reels of it and begged for more . |
| 16 | Have nasty moment in bathroom before I realise that recycled bog paper is full of eccentric imperfections . |
| 17 | I tried that 26-letter word on my ‘ spellchecker ’ : it paused for a moment , then put up its hands with ‘ sorry , no suggestions ’ . |
| 18 | I expect that experienced knitter will have tried most , if not all , of these but I know that there are lots of new knitters who have not . |
| 19 | When the child caught this later and went off her food , I found that tiny Marmite sandwiches handed over whilst I pushed the pram round Wood Green and along the New Yatt Road , seemed to be acceptable to the invalid . |
| 20 | I found that moderate slip angles produce no nasty consequences , but was restrained from further experimentation with the admonition that the aircraft describes what sounds like a brisk departure into a fast outside flick roll with the nose going hard down to exceed its negative-g limit . |
| 21 | Yet during interviews with managers involved , I found that other factors were at work . |
| 22 | Instead , I found that military firms are to blame for selling all the arms to these poor countries and most of the sales go on without the governments knowing . |
| 23 | On the first morning came two shocks — I found that Christian names were dropped — from now on I was Maidment . |
| 24 | Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham , valet-butler to Sir James Chambers , and Mr John Donalds , valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson . |
| 25 | Expecting ongoing punishment for the drugs episode , I forget that other people have different timetables for both acceptance and forgiveness . |
| 26 | In October I reported that British designer Carolyn Quartermaine had landed a top assignment with an internationally known New York-based designer . |
| 27 | I suggest that general practitioners ' decisions are generally what Spiegelhalter and colleagues call stage 1 decisions — that is , unaided intuitive judgments . |
| 28 | With this in mind , when considering situations where there are questions about very long term service lives , I suggest that current construction methods should not make it too difficult to incorporate any presently unthought of developments that might materialise in the future — be this in 20 or even 100 years time ! |
| 29 | ‘ Having in mind all the circumstances I suggest that active inquiries in this case be suspended until fresh information is forthcoming . |
| 30 | ’ In order to ascertain the indigenous meanings , I suggest that indigenous concepts be explored , and the vocabulary denoting inner states examined . |