Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggested , and then went on to say that I might find a little job . |
| 2 | The only thing that I might need a medical for is my thirty thousand pound life insurance . |
| 3 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 4 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 5 | Today I decided that I would organize a little party tomorrow night . |
| 6 | She never dreamed that I would become a managing director ! |
| 7 | I felt honoured by the kindness of one or two of your congregation , who happen to be members of the committee , in having written to assure me that I would receive a speedy and unanimous Call , if I would only consent to accept it . |
| 8 | ‘ I think , ’ said the tourist , ‘ that I would like a little rest now . |
| 9 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 10 | I can assure my hon. Friend that I shall take a close interest in this matter . |
| 11 | I see that I must do a little bargaining on my own behalf . |
| 12 | I 've promised him that I will make a new life for myself and not think of the past . |
| 13 | In fact , he wrote , I suspect that I will produce a better edition , one more worthy of its subject , now I have had time to mull over its implications and to watch the blossoming of your reputation . |
| 14 | Nenna thought : I 'm pleased for him to see that I can make a proper job of something . |
| 15 | I have to prove that I can do a better job than the lads already in the side . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I am saying that I can produce a printed Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle which contains the words ‘ Elementary , my dear Watson . ’ |
| 17 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
| 18 | I find now that I can take a little comfort for acting beyond my authority and without Don Bennett 's knowledge of what I was doing . |
| 19 | So when he was in Birmingham he bought me this house , which was going cheap , so that I could start a money-lending business here for him . |
| 20 | ‘ I was also thinking , ’ he whispered softly into her ear , ‘ that I could find a secluded spot and make love with you right now , if such a thing as a secluded spot existed in this place . ’ |
| 21 | I loved the fact that I could have a four , five , six piece group that was capable of making this huge wall of sound in addition to what we did as just a jazz quartet . ’ |
| 22 | I thought no more of it , and stared vacantly into space , wishing that the weather would improve so that I could have a better look at the scenery . |
| 23 | I had been counting on his saying no to at least one of those , so that I could issue a hollow guffaw and depart , shaking my head ruefully ; but he did not , and I had no choice but to slink away or sign in . |
| 24 | I did n't particularly enjoy that , but the fact that I could play a reasonable game of golf led to an offer to do a sales job for a golf manufacturer just south of Los Angeles in a place called Tustin . ’ |
| 25 | I was hoping that P & I 's would be having a sale and that I could get a new concordance but she would n't even let me look . |
| 26 | I dropped my handkerchief so that I could get a closer look . |
| 27 | I wished Tod would go and dig out that black chest of his , so that I could get a proper look at this Irene . |
| 28 | The American authorities told me that I should make a general election law and arrange that the Korean people rule themselves . |
| 29 | ‘ You suggested that I should make a fresh statement . ’ |
| 30 | In case librarians and information scientists feel that the first stage of Taylor 's processes of adding value is not very challenging , I feel that I should spend a few moments indicating the considerable complexity of the publicly available information resource potentially relevant to business activities . |