Example sentences of "[is] that i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 2 | My greatest fear - my greatest fear is that I shall find I have to kill him. , |
| 3 | My only reservation is that I would like to see this approach extended into other important areas of psychology such as learning , intelligence , memory , personality and , especially , attitudes . |
| 4 | All … all that I 'm saying is that I would like my job and what I do ideally to be like that . |
| 5 | Cos I do n't mind taking this action erm , I think the the thought is that I would like to propose that we have a word with the government . |
| 6 | Erm the way that we see it is that I would appraise Kevin , Bill and Cath , initially and that , oh this is just York 's is n't it ? |
| 7 | Er what we 'll do is that I 'll give you another eight of these , now if they 're a lot better just s give a ring in |
| 8 | All I know is that I 'll regret it all my life if I do n't do this now . ’ |
| 9 | So what 's the worst I can get , at the end of a telephone session , the worst is that I 'll end up with three appointments . |
| 10 | So where is that I 'll go Doctor for my hair ? |
| 11 | You are my enemy , but the only difference from a real fight is that I 'll miss you each time . |
| 12 | Well one of the obvious pluses is that I 'll have a chance to do what I want to do when I want to do it . |
| 13 | But the best reason , and the one I am sure about , is that I 'll kill you if you do n't . ’ |
| 14 | What I said to the other group , partly because they had a , an hour before the lecture is that I 'll use next week with them , as , as an introduction to the poetry of this period . |
| 15 | Now and that 's for my benefit alone okay , what that means is that I 'll see each and every one of you in a , a role play so the first person in each role play will be Robert , Barry and Gareth , followed by Gill , , followed by Bill , Roger and Vincent and Robert again you do not deviate from that order . |
| 16 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 17 | All I know , like the protestors when the Julian became the Gregorian calendar , is that I must have missed something . |
| 18 | And er the , the difference is that I will know , at any one time , whether Norwich are offering you the best rate or not . |
| 19 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
| 20 | I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’ |
| 21 | I dedicate this article to the memory of Eric Mosley who helped me so much in the early days of my research , to George Wyndham Parker for his encouragement , and to Jack Alcock , without whom this article would never have been possible , my only wish is that I could have met him in person . |
| 22 | All I wish is that I could find out whether it 's possible . ’ |
| 23 | The extra bonus — the thing that makes me truly lucky — is that I can go home to the real friends and neighbours whose tales of burst drain-pipes , complicated recipes and domestic dramas sound every bit as interesting to me when I lack the leisure to enjoy them myself . |
| 24 | What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers . |
| 25 | The main thing is that I can do it through official channels . |
| 26 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 27 | My advantage over the rest of the managers is that I can manipulate my time more . |
| 28 | ‘ What I 'm saying is that I can provide something that you can not — a proper family set-up for Kirsty to grow up in . |
| 29 | I am doing this without glasses , and what is so marvellous is that I can play the piano without glasses for the first time for at least 12 years . |
| 30 | ‘ The best thing about the course is that I can work at my own pace . |