Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] that i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must believe that I kept you here not because I wanted to , but because I believed it my duty to those whom God ( or , well , the Company anyway ) has placed in my care . |
| 2 | ‘ But if I 'm honest , I must admit that I regret it now . ’ |
| 3 | Well I must admit that I think I 'd find it a real struggle to cut wheat out of my diet . |
| 4 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
| 5 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 6 | I thought to myself when it was erm , advertised on television , I thought I 'll tape that I bet I know well you 'll be interested in that . |
| 7 | I 'll get that I like it so it 's er I did n't |
| 8 | I think we might say that I know you too . |
| 9 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 10 | ‘ I never thought old Nancy Leadbetter would forget that I rogered her . |
| 11 | But I would say that I think it is only a matter of time before we , as a nation , produce a very good black golfer . " |
| 12 | In the third place , you may recall that I escorted you to your room at half-past twelve ; but the college gates are locked at midnight , from which it follows that I would have had to rouse the duty porter in order both to be let out and to be let in again , something he will most certainly confirm I did not do . |
| 13 | ‘ I will not say that they are wrong but I will say that I think they are definitely unwise in the present climate of opinion … . |
| 14 | That 's , that 's Now when you 've got an A squared minus B squared , you can factorize that I mean you could just do that on your calculator , and do it in one go , but it 's quite easy to do it as three point O one . |