Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | John wrote at length to Hanns about colour , shapes and general effect desirable , and asked him to ‘ do a few rough sketches and send them to me to give to Cecily ; number them so that I can just send you back a telegram saying ‘ Do number three ’ say , unless there is more to be said . ’ |
| 2 | I mute them so that I can switch two wirelesses on at the same time , because if you have two on together they screech . |
| 3 | So anyway have a look at page fifty six cos I promised you yesterday that I would take you through the verb if you were you know the things you would want to know about . |
| 4 | Another possibility for the seminar is that if you want to bring some notes along to a sort of , if you show me a if you dream up hypothetical questions and then put a plan to answer them so that I can skim down it in about a minute or two . |
| 5 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 6 | ‘ The producers told me later that I got the job because of the winning chemistry between us — and that Pauline had put in a good word for me . |
| 7 | I assured him truthfully that I had been impressed by his skill and speed , and I thought his results marvellous . |
| 8 | I told him simply that I had felt ill at a very unfortunate moment . |
| 9 | ‘ We talked about it , ’ said Jenny , ‘ because I told him frankly that I was in love with Jamie , and he looked at me as if I needed my head examined ! ’ |
| 10 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |
| 11 | I was so excited to see you again that I completely forgot to ask what 's happened to your business . |
| 12 | She must have told me once that I was lucky to have a warm bed to lie in at night . |
| 13 | Rod Stewart , Have I told you lately that I love you . |
| 14 | Have I told you lately that I love you . |
| 15 | Okay my little sweetness bye , bye have I told you lately that I love you , oh yeah hurry up cos I 've got ta get out of here , I 've got to boot it , is there anything behind ? |
| 16 | And I 've told you before that I 've noticed an atmosphere in the office now and again . |
| 17 | I 'd told him before that I could n't sing a note but he 'd obviously ignored it . |
| 18 | So nice and slowly , do n't rush it , read it so that I can understand it nice and clearly , sshh , listen |
| 19 | No I 'm just thinking about erm next Tuesday , I 'm supposed to working , it turns out but I shall try and work it so that I can still come shopping with you , but I shall have to leave |
| 20 | It 's about 1½ ″ below my shoulders and I am trying to grow it so that I can have a style that 's cut straight across the bottom . |
| 21 | I accept that I ca n't marry you now that I 'm poor . |
| 22 | ‘ And I tell you frankly that I ca n't follow it , Adam . |
| 23 | I am sorry if the Prime Minister takes it seriously that I oppose Maastricht . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
| 25 | He had hinted as much more than once , just vaguely , just enough to entice me so that I want to ask what , so that he knows that I want to ask . |
| 26 | If I started again I would like to have … ( 1 ) a ghost writer , not for my speeches but for my letters and statements : he would be the kind of person who could take the Ministry 's policy and translate it into the kind of words I would use ; ( 2 ) perhaps an economist ; and ( 3 ) a general investigator whose job it would be to brief me so that I could participate intelligently at Cabinet Committees and in Cabinet on subjects outside my own Department . |
| 27 | I was doing it so that I could have the pleasure of apologizing to such a lovely woman . ’ |
| 28 | It amused him too that I used only pins to mount most of the items on the card . |
| 29 | I 'll just tell them inside that I 'm going . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I sometimes think you only invite me so that I can pay the bill . ’ |