Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [that] i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , then , a most discouraging start to what may in fact be an entirely new sort of duty required of me ; so discouraging that I must admit I have not really made further attempts along these lines . |
| 2 | ‘ Were you perhaps hoping that I might fail to keep our appointment ? ’ |
| 3 | Then her face changed and she told me something so terrible , so strange , so annihilating that I ca n't remember a word she said . |
| 4 | I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll like Robin-Anne , ’ the senator said too quickly , thus betraying that I would probably not like Rickie . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not saying that I shall live here , ’ Peter said . |
| 7 | I 'm not saying that I would n't say |
| 8 | I 'm not saying that I would 've picked up on all those points because |
| 9 | I 'm not saying that I wo n't win World and Olympic titles , just that , at this time , I can not conceive of myself achieving that time . |
| 10 | They were among many things that disappeared after I left Cairo in 1953 , not knowing that I should not return . |
| 11 | I 'm just hoping that I could learn as I 'm as I 'm earning you know . |
| 12 | He gave me a shrewd look , clearly suspecting that I would have changed the name had I dared defy the superstition . |
| 13 | Even knowing that I shall never be so stupid as to be vain about it , but be grateful , be terribly glad ( especially after this ) to be alive , to be who I am — Miranda , and unique . |
| 14 | When I think that up until last night I was even hoping that I might look at you and wonder what it had all been about — that I 'd feel nothing ! |
| 15 | I was examining the effect in the mirror before putting on the mask , vaguely wishing that I could levitate a little to improve the illusion . |
| 16 | I keep on thinking that I can even smell her perfume . |
| 17 | No matter that I had no experience , I had rehearsed this role for years , blocking everything out — right down to the way I would sit , ministering to the words of the desired object — yet never believing that I might actually perform . |
| 18 | And that it did n't feel it when she was sort of combing it , but now I 'm actually doing that I can feel it short . |