Example sentences of "i [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I overheard that this afternoon , I did n't think that was |
| 2 | Nor am I suggesting that black children are somehow linguistically deficient or unable to separate English from Creole . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In August I revealed that Prime Minister 's son James Major had a £3-an-hour holiday job . |
| 6 | Commenting on the resignations , he said : ‘ I regret that certain people were unable to accept the majority decision of the executive . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I contend that such Biros employ an advanced form of camouflage . |
| 9 | ' 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 . |
| 10 | Earlier this year , I announced that local authorities would receive aggregate external finance of £5.13 billion . |
| 11 | I mean that each image tries to express something that belongs to millions of people . ’ |
| 12 | I mean that that couple of blokes |
| 13 | ‘ I realized that one day before the war . |
| 14 | Drawing nearer , I realized that warm air had twisted their outline — they were two men using scythes , no , garden rakes . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I realized that this suit had been among the clothes Barrymore had left for Selden , and I told Holmes . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ But I realised that one day I might not be so lucky . |
| 19 | As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his . |
| 20 | But , gradually , I realised that kinky underwear gives me sexual freedom . |
| 21 | Afterwards I realised that this idea was wrong . |
| 22 | ‘ Once I realised that this novel was going to be a kind of mammoth , I decided to forgo writing the series . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I fear that such risks will be taken by the government here too . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ If not , then I fear that this paperback edition will come and it will be sold on a very large scale and will be smuggled to other countries where it is banned and will be read in translation , ’ Mr Chisti said . |
| 28 | Therefore I fear that this light will not long endure . ’ |
| 29 | So I fear that some doubt may be placed in the minds of hon. Members about the cause of the shooting that resulted in the death of the young man that the right hon. Gentleman referred to . |
| 30 | I stress that any person wishing to operate buses must have a PSV operator 's licence issued by the traffic commissioner , who has to be satisfied that the person is of good repute and financial standing and has adequate facilities to maintain the vehicles in a roadworthy condition . |