Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pers pn] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I tell them that I spent 17 years in local government , they tell me that I was a masochist . |
| 2 | Before I tell them that I need to talk to the girl . |
| 3 | I tell them that I have the heart of a small boy and I keep it in a jar on my desk ’ |
| 4 | So that the right hon. Gentleman is in no doubt , I tell him that I have no plans to raise the top rate of tax or the level of national insurance contributions . |
| 5 | ‘ What will you say , Harry , if I tell you that I murdered Basil ? ’ asked Dorian . |
| 6 | and er when I tell you that I went to the detective staff in nineteen twenty seven , then we started with our first mobile help . |
| 7 | Something of the casual innocence of the picture may be lost when I tell you that I had to hunt this particular combination of light for two days before obtaining the shot I wanted ! |
| 8 | ‘ You must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and discharge my duties as the heir to the throne without the help and support of the woman I now loathe . ’ |
| 9 | I assure you that I do . |
| 10 | I take it that I do n't like modern art and yet I can imagine that while being the same person that I am I might have liked modern art . |
| 11 | When I inform him that I read recently how the estimable gentleman had found the Lord and was living in a Salvation Army hostel in Grimsby , he wonders aloud whether the vodka and orange was not partly to blame . |
| 12 | What I liked about this letter was the phrase ‘ if you tell me that I have it ’ . |
| 13 | He maintained his interest until the end , bequeathing to Christ 's Hospital £20 ‘ which they owe me that I lent them ’ , with an additional £6 13s. 4d. , besides £20 each to St Bartholomew 's and St Thomas 's . |