Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you 'll all know that I 've told you the truth ! ’ he shouted . |
| 2 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's only a bunch of flowers , ’ he said , pleased with her response , ‘ although I can guarantee that I have bought them , and have n't picked them on the way over . |
| 4 | I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime . |
| 5 | Suzanne worries over it , she would not approve that I have told you . |
| 6 | In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April . |
| 7 | I do not think that I have fantasticated them , but time always supplies some element of fancy . |
| 8 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 9 | Do you mind that I continue to call you Marie-Jo ? |
| 10 | Nobody saw anything , and nobody could believe that I had done it . |
| 11 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 12 | I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly . |
| 13 | Mr Sugar said : ‘ You should remember that I have devoted my life and energies to Amstrad since the age of 17 . |
| 14 | In any case , in the harsher bathroom light I can see that I 've put it on too thickly . |
| 15 | You must realize that I 've got it all worked out in my head so that this does n't have any bearing on you at all . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Surely you must realize that I have placed myself in a difficult position ? |
| 17 | Do I appreciate that I have to lead my group to see the story as symbol ? |
| 18 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 19 | Anne read the guidebooks , while I 'd say , ‘ Hey , this looks like an interesting airfield ! ’ to which Anne would reply , £The fact that the place has an interesting approach does not mean that I want to spend my holidays there ! ’ |
| 20 | I did n't realise that I had lost it at the party . ’ |
| 21 | I told Spruce a bit about Amy and Hereward 's marriage and I did mention that I 'd seen her here on Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 22 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 23 | I only hope the Season will prove that I have deserved your wonderful orchids . ’ |
| 24 | Any selection of a few new titles , therefore , is bound to be especially arbitrary ; I can only plead that I 've made it as wide as possible . |
| 25 | Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't pretend that I have found it a burden of such onerousness that it has disturbed what I have needed to do in my company , ’ he commented this week . |
| 27 | It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially . |
| 28 | Their Majesties received us with such extraordinary graciousness that , when I shall tell it , people will declare that I have made it up . |
| 29 | I can just say that I 've clocked it , even though I can I just I ca n't clock it yeah I can just say I could cos I know how it end . |
| 30 | ‘ You could say that I had worked my fingers to the bone for you ! ’ |