Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you did come out , so I may hope that you can be induced to vary your quiet days with |
| 2 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 3 | When visiting a foreign country , for example , I may feel that I have reason to obey its laws on the ground that if I do not I may bring the reputation of my university into disrepute . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If I suspect that you too have noticed the banker fidgeting , I may fear that you too may be contemplating defection . |
| 6 | Especially since I may fear that you are fearing that I … |
| 7 | The time for your vow is now ; though I may add that your family will be notified . |
| 8 | I may say that we both agreed that our relations will be governed by his decision , that I would have gone along with it had he made a mistake which harmed me . |
| 9 | Since the hon. Gentleman mentioned YT in particular , I may say that we are investing £842 million in YT in 1991-92 and the figure for the year starting in April is £851 million . |
| 10 | I may say that I am very glad to have finished that hack-work . |
| 11 | I may say that I ‘ perceive ’ the indigestibility of something I have eaten through its effects on me ; the unpleasant feelings I have in my stomach . |
| 12 | ‘ Though I may say that I shall be getting twenty-five guineas next Thursday for doing nothing but sit around in a television studio for half-an-hour , instead of beating my brains out all week-end to write a script for the BBC Overseas Service and getting ten guineas for it . ’ |
| 13 | I may say that I have great confidence in Doctor Maingay 's judgement in such matters . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I may say that my recovery is wholly due to your organisation 's producing some penicillin just in time , ’ she added . |
| 16 | I venture to write and enquire if you would oblige me by calling at this Officer , at some time convenient to yourself : I am not at liberty to offer any further information at this juncture , but I think I may say that our meeting will be to your advantage . |
| 17 | a personal face of this whole thing , I I ought to say that we did ask the drug company to send some along or er and they said no er but |
| 18 | However , a year or more later I got a note from Colonel Leslie Glass saying that in a report received from an officer dropped behind the Japanese lines there occurred the statement , ‘ ’ I think I ought to add that I owe my life to a little booklet entitled Rubbing Along in Burmese . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps I ought to recommend that she be killed . |
| 20 | ‘ I tremble at crossing swords with you , ’ said Robert Bossu in the sweetest and most reasonable of voices , his high shoulder leaned at ease against the panelled wall at his back , ‘ but I must observe that she did not allow it to succeed . |
| 21 | As for his opinions on M.E. , I must assume that he would also condemn the support groups for MS , cancer and heart disease as ‘ self-commiserative ’ societies . |
| 22 | Er this is not to say , I must emphasize that we have discounted students in this migration assessment . |
| 23 | Though I must emphasize that I have had little to do with the business . |
| 24 | I must emphasize that I am thinking not of antiracism as a political objective , or a goal which emerges alongside other issues from the daily struggles of black people , from the practice of community organizations and voluntary groups , even from the war of position which must be waged inside the institutions of the state . |
| 25 | I must emphasize that I will not make a further reduction in interest rates until I 'm sure that it is safe and prudent to do so . |
| 26 | Monetary policy will remain tight ; I must emphasize that I will not make a further reduction in interest rates until I am sure that it is safe and prudent to do so . |
| 27 | As she insists on dabbling in nuggets of ‘ culture ’ , I must remark that there is only one swan in her chosen Sibelius tone poem , and it is Dr Jekyll who turns into Mr Hyde . |
| 28 | However , I must confess that his failure to give an answer — even that answer — to the question this afternoon was very significant . |
| 29 | I must confess that I find this deeply attractive , and I want to draw attention to a few Bible passages where I think this idea is being worked out . |
| 30 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |