Example sentences of "[verb] that i be [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day . |
| 2 | I did n't know that I was going to have to sell my house for twenty five thousand less than all my neighbours were selling at . |
| 3 | I shouted that I was going to call the police . ’ |
| 4 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 5 | I found that I was trying to achieve two somewhat incompatible objectives . |
| 6 | I 'd had some sailing instruction before on Lake Bala , in a larger Wayfarer which has room for two people and an instructor , but I found that I was tending to leave the thinking to my partner and the instructor , and just doing what I was told without knowing why . |
| 7 | I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard . |
| 8 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 9 | It was mainly books that I was trying to preserve . |
| 10 | At the end of November 1983 , I announced that I was going to head an inquiry into occupational pensions . |
| 11 | On the subject of personal hygiene and ‘ standards ’ in general , I had noticed that I was beginning to swear rather too much in my own thoughts . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm having a damn good time , and sometimes I worry that I 'm going to have to pay for it all when I 'm 40 . |
| 13 | You see I 've decided that I 'm going to leave Clinique the the expensive make-up er for some , you know until I get myself re-established financially . |
| 14 | told that I was trying to get an appointment at the asthma clinic but they could n't get one for fortn another full week . |
| 15 | I had regarded the English language almost as my own private possession , something which was mine by right , and now it seemed that I was going to have to fight to hang on to it , as I was having to fight for everything else . |
| 16 | " My dishevelled appearance is due entirely to Miss Topaz Chilcott , who imagined that I was going to have my wicked way with her . |
| 17 | He was almost relieved — for one ghastly moment , he 'd thought that I was going to tell him I loved him . |
| 18 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 19 | You know that I am trying to bring up these girls to be strong , patient and unselfish . |
| 20 | I 've got know that I 'm going to do both the maths |
| 21 | He burnt all the papers in the box , and said to me , ‘ John , I know that I 'm going to die soon . |
| 22 | I 'd rather use contraception , then know that I 'm going to become pregnant . |
| 23 | I left a cheque for the amount Trish had loaned me , plus a month 's rent in advance and a brief note saying that I was going to stay with an unspecified friend in North Oxford . |
| 24 | While I was at Fender I decided that I was going to start my own company , and in 1983 went ahead with Metaltronix . |
| 25 | Suppose that I am hoping to discuss some urgent problem with a friend , and ask , |
| 26 | I saw that I was going to have to find a job before I did something rash which landed me in prison . |
| 27 | I suppose you do realise that I 'm planning to stay for the weekend ? ’ |
| 28 | Knowing I am intelligent , knowing that I am beginning to understand life much better than most people of my age . |
| 29 | Mr Editor Gilbert , on learning that I was going to fly one for Pilot , opined that it was a ‘ bloody awful aeroplane ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ You knew that I was going to break off the engagement anyway , so it 's not exactly the end of the world for me . |