Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] that i have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must confess that I have not the least idea what this phrase could mean in an orthodox Christian context . |
| 2 | ‘ I must admit that I had n't expected such a prompt response to my advertisement . |
| 3 | I must admit that I have always assumed that ‘ last day ’ of one month compared with ‘ last day ’ of any other month , irrespective of actual date . |
| 4 | We both know what an outrageously male chauvinist pig you are , Ross — but , in case you have n't guessed , I find it very insulting that you should insinuate that I have somehow slept my way up to my present position ! ’ |
| 5 | My personal view , and I must emphasise that I have n't discussed it with John , is that we should not be offering a general horticultural advice service to all and sundry , but that we should restrict this to areas where we have recognised expertise — Alpine & Rock Gardens , Arboriculture , Glasshouse cultivation and others . |
| 6 | At this point I must say that I have n't yet found a carp that did n't eat Tropicanas . |
| 7 | Some philosophers might suspect that I have not considered the behaviouristic theories in their most sophisticated form . |
| 8 | A few readers may remember that I had long ago arranged to spend two days drawing cartoons for children in the Navan shopping centre . |
| 9 | ‘ I wish you 'd remember that I have n't got a fast-forward button , Flo ! ’ |
| 10 | The meeting had been arranged with intense , frantic planning as to detail , with letters despatched by lawyers through couriers , paragraphs changed bo mutual request , assurances as to what I could say or not and , indeed , whether I could admit that I had even appeared on this day at the august offices of Olympia & York . |
| 11 | But you could say that I have never really stopped missing Mother . |
| 12 | As a younger person I , I would expect that I 've probably got another fifteen years to go to the menopause , but I 'm looking forward to it as a relief from pre-menstrual syndrome ! |
| 13 | I will make sure that I meet you but I shall pretend that I have never seen you before . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm quite disappointed by the sound of the amp — it 's just not there for me — although I would say that I 've always thought Trace Elliot had a kind of soul-less sound . |
| 15 | I have a small , immediate family and up until my cancer I would say that I had very few friends . |
| 16 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 17 | It may seem that I 've never taken my title seriously , but below the skin I have great respect for it , and for this house too and the men who have gone before me who made it . |
| 18 | All the members here will know that I have recently erm sent out a circular letter expressing my concern as to where the system does n't seem to be working properly and asking for your help and cooperation in giving me information on just exactly where it is falling down . |
| 19 | But also that any who might peruse this essay from a research perspective will feel that I have not been too cavalier in the implications that I draw from the results of their studies . |
| 20 | I hope that the reader will feel that I have satisfactorily dealt with the first . |
| 21 | ‘ However , ’ Herbie continued , ‘ I will concede that I have never seen one as far upstream as this before . ’ |
| 22 | And with this in mind and I 'm I 'm you will notice that I have n't spoken at all and that is quite deliberate on my part but then I can also say the same for many people sitting round here who know quite well that they have n't spoken either . |
| 23 | When I die they can perform an autopsy and they will find that I have never ever taken an illegal substance . |
| 24 | I will own that I have often said and lamented that the library was not fit to be seen … |