Example sentences of "and that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can tell you with certainty is that I , for one , have no self , and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self . |
| 2 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
| 3 | The thing that I 'd like to do and that I really wish I could do is give you a job here but Personnel have said I 'm already fully staffed . ’ |
| 4 | And that I 'm not — a toothless harvest mouse ? |
| 5 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 6 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 7 | I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free . |
| 8 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 9 | The social workers told me I would like the home and that I could stay on at my old school and still have the same friends . |
| 10 | The official told me that the form was not enough and that I needed a letter from my dad saying he lived alone . |
| 11 | He then said that he now had confirmation from the police and that I qualified for a transfer and would receive an offer for Govan ( where my dad is ) within a week . |
| 12 | And that I refuse to give them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I promise , ’ he told them , ‘ that I shall not fail your trust and that I shall lead the country to free elections . |
| 14 | Anyway , rather than attributing it to my childhood , I prefer to believe that I was born into the world with greater or lesser faculties than other people and that I can take full responsibility for them . |
| 15 | I told him not to worry and that I was quite impressed and would be interested in managing the band . |
| 16 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 17 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 18 | Another poem that I have dated in the typescript ‘ December , 1957 , Plaza de Anaya , Salamanca ’ , is one I was able to write for myself , and that I never showed to Dana . |
| 19 | Then I felt that people cared about me , and that I could ask things of them , ask their advice . |
| 20 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 21 | I told her that I had been involved in one of the IRA attacks when I had been blown up in the Brighton Bomb , and that I had friends and colleagues who had been badly hurt or killed . |
| 22 | I met a lot of people at my parents ' house , including many people of real ability , and that I was always grateful for . |
| 23 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 24 | Your master has persuaded me that you found our correspondence helpful , and that I should resume it . |
| 25 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 26 | They told me that it was of no use to me any more and that I 'd be better off letting them have it . |
| 27 | I shall try and ensure that I reach the aspirations of the people and that I let no one down . ’ |
| 28 | I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy … |
| 29 | Rather , I felt a strange exaltation that our brief married life together — consisting of but a few short leaves — had been of such ravishing sweetness , and that I had not spoiled it as I had spoiled things over two years before . |
| 30 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |