Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] i " in BNC.
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| 61 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 62 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 63 | Well it was something that you hear a lot about it and er I 've never done anything about it and it 's cos I 'm starting to think towards the future and it 's gon na be nice to know that I 'm gon na have a pound or two to go and do what I want when I retire . |
| 64 | No need for him to know that I was watching at the window . |
| 65 | Professionally , if I felt there was a risk I should want to know that I was clear so I was certain there was no danger of me passing anything on to a patient or a future partner . |
| 66 | I 'm all right , it 's just , with that interview meaning so much to me and everything else , I just wanted to know that I could forget all about it , and concentrate all my energies on Barney . ’ |
| 67 | He said : ‘ But I 'm so happy to know that I have such warm and loving relatives . |
| 68 | I WOULD like your readers to know that I am aware of their letters to Sunday Life and their concern about money owing to them by my former company C H Enterprises . |
| 69 | I would like people to know that I understand that and how difficult it can be . |
| 70 | but erm I said to her over there , I said er , well excuse me I said er da er er a doctor , I , I said took a urine test for me and I said I want to know that I , if he knew the results ? |
| 71 | He does , he said I just want you all out there to know that I do love Patsy . |
| 72 | However that may be , I was soon to discover that I was not a natural disburser of ‘ my card ’ , and very few people received one . |
| 73 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 74 | You have too much good sense not to discover that I , in spite of my heart and all the pride of it , can not but love you and have put on a behaviour to you that was much against my heart , in hopes to frighten you from your reservedness . |
| 75 | It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease . |
| 76 | I had assumed that everyone else was constantly in search of erotic adventure , of physical fulfilment , and I was affronted to discover that I was not , after all , unique . |
| 77 | You have a reputation of not letting go of a thing once you have started and you would be delighted to discover that I am responsible for Ana 's blindness . |
| 78 | It was no help to discover that I was not alone in my distaste for the new order because , along with the ever-present sexism , I had to fight the crueller jibes of ageism . |
| 79 | Here we might admit that my belief is true and justified but refuse to grant that I know there to be a sheep in the field . |
| 80 | It is clear from everyone I asked to comment that I was not alone in thinking the evening was a resounding success . |
| 81 | In the days following , press reports started to appear that I , and indeed Ken Clarke who as Minister of State for Health was still outside the Cabinet , were very unhappy about the new emphasis of policy . |
| 82 | They did n't know what he was so excited about , and his father was disgusted to find that I could n't draw a footballer ( an unKerridgean species ) . |
| 83 | ‘ I would think that whoever took those things is very worried indeed now to find that I was with Harry and that he is alive . |
| 84 | Recently , I was very surprised to find that I was willing to go to bed with a guy and have intercourse , but then discovered that I was really a bit repelled by the idea of having him kiss me . |
| 85 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 86 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 87 | But I am happy to find that I am not alone . |
| 88 | I withdrew to my cabin , to find that I was just in time for a repeat episode of Garry Garrison , Para-space Pilot . |
| 89 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 90 | It is gratifying to find that I can not only look good , but I can look respectable too . |