Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] i have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Now you 'll all know that I 've told you the truth ! ’ he shouted .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime .
4 Suzanne worries over it , she would not approve that I have told you .
5 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 .
6 I do not think that I have fantasticated them , but time always supplies some element of fancy .
7 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 .
8 Nobody saw anything , and nobody could believe that I had done it .
9 I could not believe that I had got my first job .
10 I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly .
11 Mr Sugar said : ‘ You should remember that I have devoted my life and energies to Amstrad since the age of 17 .
12 In any case , in the harsher bathroom light I can see that I 've put it on too thickly .
13 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 . ’
14 ‘ Surely you must realize that I have placed myself in a difficult position ?
15 Do I appreciate that I have to lead my group to see the story as symbol ?
16 But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’
17 I did n't realise that I had lost it at the party . ’
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 I only hope the Season will prove that I have deserved your wonderful orchids . ’
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 ‘ 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 .
24 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 .
25 Their Majesties received us with such extraordinary graciousness that , when I shall tell it , people will declare that I have made it up .
26 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 .
27 ‘ You could say that I had worked my fingers to the bone for you ! ’
28 ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again .
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