Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] i [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps radio will allow me to play all the unsuitable roles that I ca n't do visually in the theatre , where it 's just the voice and the character . |
| 2 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 3 | As you will see , definitions of this type fit very badly with the institutions that I shall presently describe . |
| 4 | It is for the same reasons that I would now support the denationalization of British Rail . |
| 5 | ‘ For reasons that I can not understand , ’ he continued , ‘ we in Britain seem to have a negative response to winners . |
| 6 | I promise on my old mother 's teeth that I will never drink or take Bobby Charlton 's name in vain again . |
| 7 | Some like the Sandvik Sandplate have introduced me to products that I might not have otherwise tried . |
| 8 | But at least in the midst of my misery I can own what I have instead of feeling I am a pawn in another 's game with rules that I can not stick to or change . |
| 9 | Erm I , I will look through that and I will see if there 's anything within those delegated authorities that I can actually delegate downwards to your good selves . |
| 10 | The Conservatives were also putting forward of course prudent growth in important areas and one of the areas that I would particularly like to mention is that of nursery education . |
| 11 | So I have to say to you that whilst I 'm putting these forward , it 's absolutely clear that we would be having adverse comments and criticism er , from the S S I , and that you would be moving into areas that I ca n't recommend to you , but I , I put them forward as obviously illustrations . |
| 12 | The second is a refraction of the truth so wicked in its appeal to natural and real concerns that I can barely sit in my chair and type this . |
| 13 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
| 14 | ‘ And I never get time to read , or think , or do anything worthwhile , and I 'm always so sleepy when I do get to the classes that I ca n't take in very much . |
| 15 | Especially : Can I see any possibilities that I could not see before ? |
| 16 | The only difference is that I wo n't make promises that I ca n't keep . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord . |
| 18 | Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? ’ |
| 19 | One of the passages that I can never forget says |
| 20 | I 'm basically a very private person , but I 'd probably tell Pete things that I would n't tell anyone else . |
| 21 | I could tell my grandparents things that I would n't tell my , my father or my mother . |
| 22 | There is one , there 's like things that I would never tell anybody |
| 23 | ‘ The more I live the more I realise there are things that I 'll never do . |
| 24 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 25 | There were several " things that I could n't change on my own . |
| 26 | A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it |
| 27 | they 're the two things that I 'd never tell anybody . |
| 28 | It is to the great credit of the editors that I would not have known if they had not stated this in the preface . |
| 29 | Perhaps I am so preconditioned by tables that I could not reflect quickly enough that there are other ways of getting the answer . |
| 30 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |