Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 I am also inclined to imagine that would say something like that .
2 I am rather inclined to think that the working conditions in this part of the country are opposed to the development of first class footballers , ’ he said .
3 Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am very sorry to learn that my book has had such a distressing effect on you .
4 I am very sorry to hear that your husband is dying of cancer and we can at this stage only send you our best wishes and understanding .
5 The erm safety on the transport yes I mean I am very happy to say that we will ask the , the staff to look at that and perhaps I can just clarify the meaning of that paragraph ah in four point eight when it says a m a new member of staff it means a new member of staff will be responsible for health and safety not just one person on his own .
6 To Greeves , the orthodox believer , he wrote in January 1930 , ‘ In spite of all my recent changes of view I am still inclined to think that you can only get what you call Christ out of the Gospels by picking and choosing and slurring over a good deal . ’
7 I am sufficiently egotistical to believe that one of the reasons why they failed was that I was not present .
8 The self-employed mechanic who services my car — I am sometimes ashamed to say that I have a car — also sharpens sickles , sells strimmers and repairs motor cultivators .
9 Now I am quite prepared to believe that other countries can offer more obviously spectacular scenery .
10 I am especially pleased to hear that he now supports the tests introduced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science .
11 A. The state of amphibians being so threatened at the moment , I am almost reluctant to suggest that anyone keeps native species , but I have to concede that the common toad Bufo bufo is a fascinating animal .
12 You may think it is a rum thing that a chap like Tim should pay an arm and a leg to come here for a year and then teach us a thing or two but then I am perfectly happy to admit that we do n't know everything .
13 It is to our American friends , I am so pleased to hear that you are coming to Framlingham to celebrate your anniversary .
14 I am so pleased to think that his kind of socialism ‘ without the state ’ is now coming to the fore again in Labour politics .
15 My dearest Victor , I am so happy to know that you will soon be home .
16 And erm again and again you find that it is , that the thing you half suspected is mentioned by a character later , and when I find that I 'm strongly inclined to suppose that Shakespeare has put it there .
17 And when I find that I 'm strongly inclined to suppose that Shakespeare has put it there .
18 like that , and she said oh , she said well I 'm rather pleased to think that he feels likes doing it .
19 I 'm rather ashamed to say that almost all of my friends are in the business .
20 Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please .
21 I must admit I 'm mildly pleased to see that the ben Issachar rash still plagues her .
22 I 'm quite prepared to accept that you 're Miss Fanshawe now , Miss Fanshawe , ’ Wexford said .
23 I I think I 'm quite able to confirm that it is within the district power to determine that erm the I five allocation should be separate from the I twelve .
24 I 'm hardly likely to say that they 're slim , am I , Stew ? ’ said Jack .
25 It 's something I 'm very proud to say that I am , cos I believe in equal rights and that 's what feminism is , is believing in equal rights for women .
26 There 's tremendous concern within the area erm at the targets that have been set for house building and in particular for er industrial space erm I think office space is now coming back into more of an equilibrium situation , but erm I 'm very pleased to see that er with these proposals as they stand , we would have no difficulties in approving their , the plan .
27 And by the way I 'm very pleased to see that some of you actually wrote it completely in your own words did n't you .
28 Now I 'm a governor of two schools and from this perspective in particular , I 'm very pleased to see that as a result of the legacy of previous Conservative administration and the generous S S A proposals for this year , that the Conservative group have been able to put forward a budget which enables schools budgets to be increased fully for demography and inflation and certainly I know that was a great worry this year in many of our schools that that might not be possible so it 's good to see that it is possible .
29 I 'm very pleased to say that the union er involved had actually pursued the appeal even though the woman had died , and won the appeal posthumously so that the backdated pay could be given to the widower in that case .
30 I 'd like to er say one or two words before er moving the amendment and I , I 'm very pleased to hear that the two are to be incorporated as it were into this one .
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