Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [that] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat . |
| 2 | However , I must confess that I do not find this to be a serious problem at least , not yet . |
| 3 | I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage . |
| 4 | I must confess that I have not the least idea what this phrase could mean in an orthodox Christian context . |
| 5 | To date I must admit that I do n't know why they sit tight . |
| 6 | I must admit that I do not always want to go to work but once I am there I nearly always have a really good time . |
| 7 | I must admit that I have always assumed that ‘ last day ’ of one month compared with ‘ last day ’ of any other month , irrespective of actual date . |
| 8 | We both know what an outrageously male chauvinist pig you are , Ross — but , in case you have n't guessed , I find it very insulting that you should insinuate that I have somehow slept my way up to my present position ! ’ |
| 9 | My personal view , and I must emphasise that I have n't discussed it with John , is that we should not be offering a general horticultural advice service to all and sundry , but that we should restrict this to areas where we have recognised expertise — Alpine & Rock Gardens , Arboriculture , Glasshouse cultivation and others . |
| 10 | I must say that I do not at present find the time at all tedious and I may say scarcely monotonous . |
| 11 | At this point I must say that I have n't yet found a carp that did n't eat Tropicanas . |
| 12 | In responding to the hon. Gentleman 's reference to Sir James Barrie , I should say that I do not , I fear , have a drop of Scottish blood , but he was my father 's godfather . |
| 13 | Some philosophers might suspect that I have not considered the behaviouristic theories in their most sophisticated form . |
| 14 | ‘ I wish you 'd remember that I have n't got a fast-forward button , Flo ! ’ |
| 15 | But you could say that I have never really stopped missing Mother . |
| 16 | As a younger person I , I would expect that I 've probably got another fifteen years to go to the menopause , but I 'm looking forward to it as a relief from pre-menstrual syndrome ! |
| 17 | He said slowly , ‘ You do n't know me very well , Lissa , or you would understand that I do n't take kindly to facing the wrong end of a pair of shears . |
| 18 | I will make sure that I meet you but I shall pretend that I have never seen you before . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm quite disappointed by the sound of the amp — it 's just not there for me — although I would say that I 've always thought Trace Elliot had a kind of soul-less sound . |
| 20 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 21 | It may seem that I 've never taken my title seriously , but below the skin I have great respect for it , and for this house too and the men who have gone before me who made it . |
| 22 | All the members here will know that I have recently erm sent out a circular letter expressing my concern as to where the system does n't seem to be working properly and asking for your help and cooperation in giving me information on just exactly where it is falling down . |
| 23 | Southall said : ‘ Anyone who knows me will know that I do n't make rash statements . |
| 24 | But also that any who might peruse this essay from a research perspective will feel that I have not been too cavalier in the implications that I draw from the results of their studies . |
| 25 | I hope that the reader will feel that I have satisfactorily dealt with the first . |
| 26 | Will confirm that I do not lie , |
| 27 | I hope that the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) will understand that I do not intend to follow what he said in his long speech — it was almost the same length as his speech in our previous debate on the subject — or his wide range of criticisms of the Government 's policy . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend will realise that I do not wish to mislead him and that the setting of discounts for single people is a matter of judgment . |
| 29 | ‘ However , ’ Herbie continued , ‘ I will concede that I have never seen one as far upstream as this before . ’ |
| 30 | And with this in mind and I 'm I 'm you will notice that I have n't spoken at all and that is quite deliberate on my part but then I can also say the same for many people sitting round here who know quite well that they have n't spoken either . |