Example sentences of "be true [that] i " in BNC.

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1 I am always accused of , and criticised for , my comments on the establishment that runs British tennis and it is true that I have been , and will continue to be , critical in the future , but I do believe that constructive critical assessment performs a valuable function .
2 It is true that I can not become you , you can not become me and Blake could not be Beethoven .
3 ‘ It is true that I fear the part of your nature which at times you do not care to control , ’ Alexei said steadily .
4 ‘ It is true that I could have braved the scandal , brazened it out , ’ Theda admitted , ‘ but either fear or pride , perhaps — ’
5 ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’
6 The line can be read : It is true that I am in love and wish to reveal this love in poetry .
7 It is true that I am pure spirit .
8 ‘ Well , if it 's true that I 'm getting younger it 'll probably suit me in that case . ’
9 It 's true that I do n't fancy John any more .
10 It 's true that I did feel that way at the time .
11 ‘ I suppose it 's true that I have n't really proved myself at Sunderland .
12 I pretend to believe in living in my room , but it 's true that I am trying to thrust myself on stage .
13 Even if it 's true that I would have gone to prison to protect somebody else or make some dubious point about the freedom of the press , I know I 'd only have been doing it to make myself look good .
14 Cos it , it 's true that I resist it .
15 ‘ It 's true that I had the opportunity to be alone in the office , and we both know that I was angry and said a lot of things in the heat of the moment … but would I really be this vindictive ? ’
16 ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic .
17 The only thing that I would ask everybody in Oxfordshire is to write to our M P's here because er yes it 's true that I do n't know what the returns are from last night 's voting , but I do know that er the only local MP that I can see on the voting on the last occasion was John Patten , here in Abingdon , and he voted no .
18 ‘ It might well have been true that I was guilty of wasting the talent that I have ’
19 It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city .
20 It was true that I would never perjure myself .
21 It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love .
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