Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of . |
| 2 | I may say that it was not my intention to allow Harold Wilson to become involved in a full-scale lawsuit in circumstances where not so much odium but ridicule would be poured on him . |
| 3 | I must stress that it was not a first-hand observation , but in fact is third-hand . |
| 4 | I must stress that it 's to work with you , OK ? |
| 5 | Seeing my disappointment he winked an eye and said , ‘ Well , I must admit that it makes a good story ’ . |
| 6 | I dare say he felt that all this modern stuff was a bit beyond him , and I must admit that it is getting beyond me . |
| 7 | ‘ I must admit that it went through my mind , though I could scarcely credit it . ’ |
| 8 | I must admit that it was fun , ’ Laura agreed . |
| 9 | What was attractive about the American consortium approach — and I must emphasise that it was never a take-over bid , Sikorsky 's stake is only eight per cent — was firstly , we had worked with Sikorsky on and off for forty years . |
| 10 | To these points I must agree that it appears that the NIH has most reprehensibly sought to exploit the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) crisis to its own ends . |
| 11 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 12 | However , I must say that it was a privilege to be there with them and their Mum 's and to help in whatever way I could , be it baby sitting or helping to push a baby buggy round the ‘ stations ’ ( who thought that one up ? ’ ) . |
| 13 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 14 | I must say that it sheds some light on the state of some of the aircraft that I had to fly in then . |
| 15 | As the Daily Express noted : ‘ Much as I disliked this film and its cheap exploitation of suffering and illness , I must concede that it has been made with the dead-on professionalism that is characteristic of the other ‘ Carry Ons . ’ ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And I should hope that it wo n't again . ’ |
| 17 | Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . |
| 18 | I should suppose that it is deliberately not so expressed , for I can not think that so simple an expedient as the transfer of assets to a company resident in the United Kingdom and the immediate removal of that company outside it would not occur to the draftsman . |
| 19 | I should think that it would be in order to discuss these matters when we debate the revenue support grant orders for England . |
| 20 | I should say that it is our intention to offer the Cyprus holiday as first prize with the five runners up receiving £100 B&I Travel Vouchers , if this is an acceptable way of dividing up your donation to us . |
| 21 | I suppose I should say that it 's because it would be best for her but of course it is n't , it 's because it would be best for me . |
| 22 | Digital technology has introduced ( or perhaps I should say that it has reintroduced , for the first time since the establishment and dominance of printing ) the unstable , or infinitely variable , text . |
| 23 | Oh we saw the grass had been flattened in places , but I should imagine that it 's probably by animals . |
| 24 | I 've already revealed that I started out in a donkey jacket , but I should add that it took me at least ten years to get a decent kit . |
| 25 | She felt as though confronted by a child : it 'll be all right , she wanted to say , I 'll see that it 's all right . |
| 26 | I 'll say that it 's not . |
| 27 | Erm so anyway the fact that it did happen obviously means that something 's wrong even though I 'll argue that it did n't seem as bad as he was presenting . |
| 28 | He had told me he was going all the way to Stornoway and I could tell that it was quite an event . |
| 29 | Even from the shore I could tell that it had half strangled itself in a length of fishing line ; it was also hooked up in several places and carrying some heavy land weights . |
| 30 | Through binoculars I could tell that it was part of an animal , and I could see it gently moving as it breathed . |