Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] i [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ It may interest you to know that I 've just had Mr Standish on the phone . |
| 3 | It was difficult to remember that I had ever thought of him as a schoolboy . |
| 4 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 5 | And you will be pleased to hear that I have even managed to bring a bucket of ice to chill the wine . ’ |
| 6 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 7 | ‘ And to think that I had specially brought that card all the way from Croisset and did n't even get to put it in place ! |
| 8 | In fact there has been so much to amuse that I have scarcely read a book and have written but little . |
| 9 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
| 10 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 11 | I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million . |
| 12 | I had to admit that I 'd never seen Darren look so good . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |