Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] that i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should understand that I was in favour of a social charter in Europe before there was any such thing as the European Community . |
| 2 | Here I must admit that I am on shaky ground . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
| 4 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 5 | I only wish that my father could know that I 'm at last setting up on my own … |
| 6 | Well that would imply that I was in a pretty bad way and normally would n't do |
| 7 | Of course you will appreciate that I am in no sense unbiased on these matters — I have strong and , I believe , correct opinions on these matters |
| 8 | ‘ However , I can see that I 'm in a no-win situation . |