Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] [that] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 2 | What I mean is that you will find little use for the basic ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences of block followed by counter-attack . |
| 3 | ‘ The point I make is that you need not worry . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | What I suppose I imagined was that it would all be plain sailing from the moment we set eyes on each other . ’ |
| 6 | I then gave a message to his secretary personal assistant and was told no the letter I receive was that I should n't go through something third hand you do n't see what the other side is . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the selling points when I joined was that I 'd be privy to scripts that I was never exposed to because I never had an agent . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ All I know is that we ought to be up in that tower , plannin' how we get back to our own lines , and not wastin' any more time quarrellin' down ‘ ere . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All I know is that he would not have left Rhodes without marriage . |
| 10 | All I know is that I 'll regret it all my life if I do n't do this now . ’ |
| 11 | What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers . |
| 12 | All I heard was that you 'd come back in a taxi the worse for wear . |
| 13 | I told her how much I disliked Katherine Mansfield as a personality , and she faintly rebuked me : ‘ What I feel is that we should be so grateful to her . ’ |
| 14 | Erm but I think that I , what I felt was that I should have the right to be consulted and that every reasonable effort should be made to consult me . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The reason I ask is that I would be interested in knowing where Leeds are in the attendance league . |
| 17 | All I knew was that I must keep him out of sight until Herbert returned . |
| 18 | The incoherence I think is that you ca n't ever say that anyone has lost because you do n't know what 's happening in the second and third and fourth erm batch , so I ca n't see how this system is meant to work , Mill seems to be fairly confident that it will . |
| 19 | Erm one problem I think is that you can you tend to look at letters I think sort of one or two letters together erm instead of trying to think of a whole word . |
| 20 | would would also be wise for any new settlement which you chief specify , that any new settlement you may recommend should also include some provision for expansion land , and my point I think is that you could not divide a settlement as big as five thousand , I think it would be reasonable to say a new settlement make with a an eventual capacity of say three and a half thousand , that might be appropriate around Greater York . |
| 21 | ‘ All I mind is that you should tire yourself staying awake . |
| 22 | All I wish is that I could find out whether it 's possible . ’ |