Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] that i have [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I even know , thanks to Montesquieu , that one may be a Persian , but as for Man , I declare that I have never met him in my life ; if he exists it is without my knowledge.1
2 I realise that I have little I need to hide .
3 ( I hope that I have not left anybody behind ! )
4 I hope that I have not put him off .
5 I was diagnosed as being asthmatic at the age of 48 , although on reflection I suspect that I had probably suffered mild intermittent symptoms in childhood .
6 I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death .
7 I confess that I have not addressed such a large gathering since I spoke to 40,000 Gujerati buffalo farmers in India in 1980 , and that was a rare experience . ’
8 But I confess that I have not the same trust in some your peers .
9 The colour is obvious with a telescope , but I confess that I have never been able to detect it with binoculars , even × 20 .
10 I believe that I have never worked with kitsch .
11 ‘ I have very much looked forward to retirement , and , like many others , I find that I have even less time than before to pursue all that I would like to do , ’ Dr Florin said .
12 I suppose that I 've just been recognising that the sort of feeling your mother had for your father is … she paused as she searched for as unemotive a word as possible .
13 and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women .
14 Sleep has left me and I feel that I have not long to live .
15 Doreen rose to the occasion by smiling radiantly as she said , ‘ I doubt that I 've ever really been far away from Silas — at least I know I 've always been in his thoughts . ’
16 Personally , I doubt that I have ever completely recovered from my first experience of a communal shower almost 20 years ago .
17 Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome .
18 The conclusion seems to be that if I recognize that I have once wrongly claimed to know that p , then I can not ever claim to know that p unless I can show a relevant difference between the two cases .
19 No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party .
20 I think that I have n't played a Test for England because I 've carried too much weight for a long time , ’ Carrick said .
21 I think that I have already given way a reasonable number of times .
22 As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player …
23 It is of the eighth magnitude , but I admit that I have never been able to see it with certainty even with × 20 binoculars , though it is easy enough in a telescope .
24 How I wish that I had n't gone .
25 How I wish that I had n't gone .
26 Dear Lord You know that I have not worked as hard as I ought .
27 If you know that I have just bought an angora woollie at half price in a sale , it is unlikely that it came from Boots the chemist .
28 Gentlemen , not only had our trade been inundated with boys , but fortunately or unfortunately , we have had another element introduced , and you know that I have never been a person who ignored the company of the opposite sex .
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