Example sentences of "that i [vb base] [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 2 | Not that I do n't deserve a view when you consider the rent of the place . |
| 3 | And , I certainly have taken steps to make sure that I do n't get a wasps nest , but in that particular area again , because he begged to point out to me where the wasp was getting access to , a little tiny space above my bedroom window , and that has now been sealed , so hopefully the wasps another year will find a home somewhere else that is n't quite so close to my open bedroom window . |
| 4 | We 're lucky that I do n't have a plastic bubble encasing me , the weather was tested all night , I think . |
| 5 | The most amusing part of all this is that I do n't have a lover . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But since it 's obvious that I do n't have a bloody army at my back you can take me directly to the Countess , or the Sheriff of Gloucester , if he 's here . ’ |
| 7 | However , I confess that I do not believe a party , any more than the society which it serves , can fail to suffer if it knowingly allows institutions to fall more and more out of correspondence with contemporary needs . |
| 8 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 9 | It is as bizarre to suppose that I do not have a clear idea of a particular causal circumstance , say the one which gives rise to a query on the console of my computer , when I am unable to enumerate its elements . |