Example sentences of "me that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I assume he was telling me that they 'll ask for Harry Maxim and the Committee would rather he did n't go . ’ |
| 2 | I have pressed the Minister on this matter both in correspondence and in a visit to the Department when he and his officials told me that they would reconsider it . |
| 3 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 4 | Recently I was in Glasgow playing a show and someone remarked to me that they would like to see something written in my column about sevenths . |
| 5 | The district council actually commented to me that they 'd like to see that entrance opened where that er derelict building is at the top end of Church Street car park , which would be an ideal entrance . |
| 6 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
| 7 | Now er before the game at the weekend , you you made a point of saying , I want Gary and Gary to show to me that they can do the business . |
| 8 | ‘ They will have a point to prove to me that they should have been on the tour . |
| 9 | It occurred to me that we might have been equally misinformed about other things the Germans did . |
| 10 | As a result I undergo a bout of conscience , taking the short rod only when Odd-Knut assures me that we will eat whatever we catch , and that we will probably not catch anything . |
| 11 | We 've got to sort of create the world , and so forth , and sort of run it , and so on , and , well , try to make some kind of , of , of sort of viable proposition of it , and all the rest of it , and it just seems to me that we can get better results if we treat the , if we treat the sort of , well , for want of a better word , the local inhabitants with a certain amount of , of , of respect , and , and , and trust , and and , if we help them , and and guide them , to the point where they can become sort of independent and sort of self-governing , within the framework of the free , well , of the free , sort of , well , of the , yes , free kind of system that we enjoy ourselves . ’ |
| 12 | It seems to me that we could learn to rely on a system that could both embrace a wider ability range and discriminate within it more accurately ( both downwards and upwards ) if we adopted the structure of graded tests . |
| 13 | I think he came to tell me that we should go to Ireland and that we would be OK . ’ |
| 14 | The examples in this section are Janus-like , in that the reader may interpret them metaphorically but , in the light of the examples in the previous section , it seems to me that we should interpret them as cases of underlexicalisation . |
| 15 | We want to take control of the situation , but it is no use hon. Members like the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West telling me that we should have a conference and then table a Bill and that would be the end of the matter . |
| 16 | As much of the sulphurous pungency of garlic is also eliminated through the skin , it occurred to me that it might succeed in gassing the squatters out ! |
| 17 | ‘ But the vendor told me that it would stop anyone getting access to the computer ! ’ |
| 18 | People have just about got used to the new structure and it seems to me that it would behove us all to leave well alone . |
| 19 | The procedures look fine for the purchase of one-off and novel items , but it occurs to me that it would save time and effort if we established ‘ preferred suppliers ’ for standard PCs , printers , and peripherals , so that we do n't have to obtain multiple quotes and give reasons for supplier choice each time we order an off-the-shelf system . |
| 20 | I was deeply in love with Jean-Claude , and the difference between how I felt towards him and how I felt towards Helmut convinced me that it would have been dis-honest , even distasteful , to go on living my married life . |
| 21 | I now find that this computer is clearly inadequate for my needs and that despite the fact that Dixon 's staff assured me that it would support desktop publishing and graphics , I now discover that it is never going to produce the results I need . |
| 22 | As her eyes widened he added , ‘ Perhaps now you can understand the reason why I bought it and why it is so important to me that it should succeed ? ’ |
| 23 | He told me that I would make my living with words . |
| 24 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 25 | I 'd like a piana from you for Christmas or if you can not get me that I would like a bike . |
| 26 | He told me that I would have the interview within two days . |
| 27 | I felt honoured by the kindness of one or two of your congregation , who happen to be members of the committee , in having written to assure me that I would receive a speedy and unanimous Call , if I would only consent to accept it . |
| 28 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 29 | She had told me that I might rely on their destruction , but the note which she left directing this had become deeply embedded among them . |
| 30 | It seems to me that I might have my hands busy during a fight , so I 've taught this one to answer to sounds , and to react to the pressure of my thighs . ’ |