Example sentences of "[conj] [that] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | no confidence who cares , you know , whether I pass or that I mean |
| 32 | Or that I would have to say oh Simon told me , and I do n't think that is a very good thing to do really . |
| 33 | Or that I 'm going to say no we 're not paying |
| 34 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 35 | And that looked pretty funny like and it fell down a couple of days ago and maybe a pretty while afore that I du n no . |
| 36 | Nor that I thereby hope for immortality : |
| 37 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 38 | Nor that I will to borrow his messenger without his knowledge . |
| 39 | Except that I can not work like that . |
| 40 | It may well be there is nothing wrong with hops in this form except that I find that brewers who use them , such as Whitbread and Charles Wells , produce beers with a bitterness that is a shade too harsh for my liking . |
| 41 | He got four years and later emigrated to Australia , whereas I was fined £30 and am welcome on Wogan , except that I am not . |
| 42 | Who the rise was due to I do n't know except that I think David probably would n't have had the idea to have opened such wonderful offices and created such a great mystique about it which MainMan had . |
| 43 | My own plans are still totally up in the air , except that I am sure to resume my work when the new season gets underway — and then I am just going to make music wherever I am offered the best conditions for it . |
| 44 | Except that I wo n't be alone . |
| 45 | It was crucial to the consistency of the work that it should not conclude : the narrator simply states that ‘ there has been no decision except that I 'm moving on ’ ( Wurlitzer 1969 : 161 ) . |
| 46 | ‘ I do n't know what to say , ’ Farmer Bolsover said to Brownie Owl , ‘ except that I am very sorry for what I did say about the Brownies , especially about the Brownie who climbed my apple-tree for her budgie . |
| 47 | So it is bread on both rods , except that I make a paste for the free-line rod so that I am still offering a bait on a weightless rig . |
| 48 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 49 | ‘ Except that I will not detain you in prison or expel you from Scotland , on one condition . |
| 50 | I would be tempted to suggest that the Thames Valley CID read too many detective stories , except that I doubt whether they read at all . |
| 51 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 52 | She gave two sharp little nods , as if that finished the matter , which no doubt it did , except that I still looked for gaps in her defences . |
| 53 | ‘ I do n't know no more , except that I helped him to hide in the hayloft . |
| 54 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 55 | I imagine many a western pioneer got the same sort of surprise as I did when the bride eventually arrived ; except that I did n't marry the dog — there 's nothing peculiar about me . |
| 56 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 57 | As Mario tells it , ‘ there was no outward sign of any big problem , except that I used to think he got tired very easily for a guy his age ’ . |
| 58 | Or ‘ I had a binge last night and I 've no excuse , except that I 've got a terrible hangover this morning and I 'll try again tomorrow . ’ |
| 59 | The circumstances being what they were , Richard must have known I did not , but since he knew almost nothing about me except that I was willing , he could hardly have been expected to care . |
| 60 | Undoubtedly you have better things to do than reply to me , but then again I am too busy to write except that I am so annoyed . |