Example sentences of "that i [modal v] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I have been trekking in Nepal several times , and so I am acquainted with the conditions that I might encounter on a winter trip . |
| 3 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 4 | It was at moments like this that I would reflect on concepts like the ‘ community ’ of work and how lost one can be without it . |
| 5 | Pray tell me , Joan Halidon , that I may depend on your loyalty to my daughter . ’ |
| 6 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 7 | I 'd like to feel that I can rely on you for help . ’ |
| 8 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can report on this to the next meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July . |
| 9 | All that I can say on the fixed link between Euston and the new complex — because I mentioned that a number of options are still being considered — is that it will be a dedicated link . |
| 10 | The only thing that I would ask everybody in Oxfordshire is to write to our M P's here because er yes it 's true that I do n't know what the returns are from last night 's voting , but I do know that er the only local MP that I can see on the voting on the last occasion was John Patten , here in Abingdon , and he voted no . |
| 11 | not really feeling the need for a conversation , wishing only that I could stay on this bench with him forever . |
| 12 | I served on the Committee which dealt with what is now the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , in the hope that I could draw on my own experience as chairman of the Cardiff juvenile bench , and as someone who had worked with young offenders . |
| 13 | I was a bit upset after Wednesday and wanted to show that I could win on my merits . ’ |
| 14 | When this happened you said that I should call on the spirit of the wood . |
| 15 | Of course , he could want the word ‘ abverb' ( as in ‘ pleasur ab ly' ) , but I so much doubt it that I 'd bet on it . ’ |
| 16 | " The Ryder Cup means so much that I 'd play on one leg if I had to . " |
| 17 | But er I 'd two that I used to have on the wall at home I can remember . |