Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] 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 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 4 | Today I decided that I would organize a little party tomorrow night . |
| 5 | She never dreamed that I would become a managing director ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I can assure my hon. Friend that I shall take a close interest in this matter . |
| 8 | I see that I must do a little bargaining on my own behalf . |
| 9 | I 've promised him that I will make a new life for myself and not think of the past . |
| 10 | Nenna thought : I 'm pleased for him to see that I can make a proper job of something . |
| 11 | ‘ I am saying that I can produce a printed Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle which contains the words ‘ Elementary , my dear Watson . ’ |
| 12 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I wished Tod would go and dig out that black chest of his , so that I could get a proper look at this Irene . |
| 20 | The American authorities told me that I should make a general election law and arrange that the Korean people rule themselves . |
| 21 | ‘ You suggested that I should make a fresh statement . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You will perceive by the accompanying prospectus that I have commenced another work of much greater magnitude [ than the Century ] ; for my own part I should have been more anxious to have gone on with unfigured foreign birds and by that means have added so much the more interest to the science of ornithology , but the greater number of the subscribers to my other work not paying attention to birds generally but limiting themselves to those of our own country , they have frequently reiterated their request that I should commence a similar work on the Birds of [ 'this country ’ crossed out ] Europe and this has been the only motive for my undertaking so laborious a task . ’ |
| 23 | I can not accept that I should adopt a live-and-let-live neutral attitude to hawks and pigeons even though I accept the fact that we share very similar body mechanisms and an identical world . |
| 24 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 25 | He regarded my attainment of ‘ full genitality ’ as the ultimate goal of his therapy and he was determined that I should enjoy a complete cure . |
| 26 | Another effect of the job was that I 'd become a heavy smoker . |
| 27 | Butch said that she would favour a dark-complected co-star . |
| 28 | It did n't occur to her that she would get a good shot in … fine aim had never been one of her strong points — so when she heard him shout her name behind her , her instinct as ever was to run . |
| 29 | He was told that as he and his wife had been separated 15 months it was to be expected that she would find a new partner . |
| 30 | During her romance she had regularly raided her friends ' wardrobes so that she would have a presentable outfit to go out in . |