Example sentences of "[that] i [modal v] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 2 | As a matter of fact I think that I 'll sell this house . |
| 3 | I assure the House that I shall keep this matter under the most careful review . |
| 4 | Even now it has me enslaved — so that I must follow this madman willynilly and protect him from harm . |
| 5 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 6 | So that I can put this sort of stuff somewhere frigging else . |
| 7 | A coalition was formed in June 1757 in which Pitt ran the war , and justified his claim ‘ I know that I can save this country , and I know that no other man can ’ , while the Duke of Newcastle made sure that the majority in the House of Commons realized that their business was to vote money for Pitt 's military operations without too much fuss . |
| 8 | I never imagined that I could feel this way about anyone , but I do . ’ |
| 9 | At that point , it was accepted that I could use this material as a contribution to a Ph.D . |