Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] that [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I am saying Mr Major , as Prime Minister , if someone in my position is saying I believe , I believe , there is the best opportunity here for lasting peace , by which I mean a total cessation of violence , the least I expect is that you should listen to what I have to say .
2 But er what we say is that we will pay thirty percent up to a hundred miles away from home
3 All I know is that I 'll regret it all my life if I do n't do this now . ’
4 What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers .
5 All I ask is that you should bear in mind that in an agency with 25 or 30 people you are unlikely to find all the jobs described : indeed , you are quite likely not to find them all in an agency with 500 people , and there are precious few of those in Europe , and not many in the USA .
6 ‘ All I mind is that you should tire yourself staying awake .
7 ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent .
8 What you mean is that we might bang into things or kick a detonator on the nose or something of the kind .
9 What I mean is that you will find little use for the basic ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences of block followed by counter-attack .
10 All I wish is that I could find out whether it 's possible . ’
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