Example sentences of "[adv] that i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've gone to see my favourite players play — I 'd see them one night and they 'd be phenomenal and I 'd like the show so much that I would go the next night , drive two hours to see it and it would suuuuck ! and that 's just the way it is . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He asked especially that I should meet you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I still rate the Alembics , though , and below that I would say carbon graphite models , in terms of longevity and playing consistency . |
| 4 | I have just written down that I must write to him , |
| 5 | Well maybe it 's not really right , but , but perhaps that I 'd have thought it would be alright . |
| 6 | It will be said perhaps that I should have combined some principle of conduct with propositions about the flavours . |
| 7 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 8 | ) At school , so that I would have time to practise two hours a day , by the age of 15 , I had been allowed to drop Latin ( Greek did not at any point arise ) and Maths . |
| 9 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 10 | I expected you to come after me , I prayed you would so that I would know for sure that you really wanted me , but you did n't . |
| 11 | I like to rehearse the bad things so that I 'll know how to behave when they really happen . ’ |
| 12 | Erm so that I 'll have oh plenty of gathers you see but the pole will be smooth . |
| 13 | So you just watch out for everything for me , and take notice , so that I 'll catch up . |
| 14 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 15 | Arriving at the podium to a standing ovation , Jesse asked for the house lights to be raised — ‘ so that I may speak unto the people ’ . |
| 16 | I have arranged a two-day debate in the House so that I may express that clearly and listen to the views of the House . |
| 17 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 18 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 19 | ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’ |
| 20 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 21 | Will my right hon. Friend arrange an early debate on education , and especially on the local authorities ' responsibilities and their relationship with Government in terms of school organisation , so that I may highlight the need for an early decision on proposals to reorganise schools in Ealing , where parents , teachers and children will be greatly affected by those decisions ? |
| 22 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 23 | I appreciate that such proposals raise cost , operating and Health & safety issues , and would be grateful for your observations so that I may report back to my Committee . |
| 24 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 25 | ‘ I will buy it , so that I may have you to myself . ’ |
| 26 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 27 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 28 | ‘ So that I may enter alone , of course . |
| 29 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 30 | ‘ If you could , perhaps , make some suggestions , you see , so that I might move things along … ? ’ |