Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] that i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level . |
| 2 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | You might like to know that I have recently been in touch with a Mme Francine Roussel ( University of Nancy II , 23 Blvd Albert 1e , Nancy 54000 ) who is just completing a survey review of concordancers . |
| 4 | Certainly Americans see it as being very different from their home-grown shows and for some reason they all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions , which I 'll take as a compliment . |
| 5 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Now I suppose you are going to say that I have not mentioned the word lover , but I always think it 's ludicrous to call one 's wife one 's lover . |
| 7 | I would like to say that I agree completely with him about the lack of tennis action on our TV screens . |
| 8 | I was very pleased to see your interview with Nick Bollettieri about Andre in your December/January issue , and I would also like to say that I agree totally with what the other people who wrote to you said about Andre . |
| 9 | I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition . |
| 10 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 11 | Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest |
| 12 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
| 13 | I would hasten to say that I have never yet had the misfortune to operate anywhere which possessed all these undesirable features , but every one of us has seen some of them , or combinations of them in different circumstances , and everyone knows , from their own personal experience , how demotivating these characteristics are . |
| 14 | So did the Southernwood which was a feathery blue-green plant — that 's another plant I 've never come across since , although I have to confess that I have n't seen many gardens . |
| 15 | I hope that figure is right er , I have to confess that I have not added it up and er the copy that I have , the five and the nine could be mistaken for other figures , but I hope that there the right figures to that must be added first the general damages a calculation which like all by other calculations need to be carefully checked , I would er calculate the interest on general damages to date would be five thousand , two hundred and seven pounds future care totals six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and seventeen pounds suitable accommodation , seventy one thousand , one hundred and fifty two pounds , transport costs thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds , that makes a total of one million , two hundred and six thousand , three hundred and thirty eight pounds that is the amount which I would be minding to award , I understand that the parties in the light of that would wish to have further discussions about the matter |
| 16 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 17 | I have to say that I look pretty damn good . |
| 18 | If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west . |
| 19 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 20 | But , confessing to the odd moment of scruffiness , he pointed out : ‘ I have to admit that I do still like the comfort of shorts and a T-shirt . ’ |