Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he proposed that I should marry him , |
| 2 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 3 | I pointed out that people liked to have something to sit on but promised that I 'd leave him plenty of scope for pacing , which was the way he did his thinking . |
| 4 | I doubted that I would find one in time . |
| 5 | When we talked we agreed that I should send you a copy of the Resource Book for Teachers on CALL . |
| 6 | It is also acknowledged and agreed that I will perform my functions hereunder solely for the said parties and neither correspondence relating to the dispute nor any finding or award made by me as expert shall give rise to any right in favour of any person not a party hereto and any such correspondence and finding [ or award ] will be confidential to the said parties and will not be disclosed without my prior written consent , which I will not unreasonably withhold but which may be given subject to conditions . |
| 7 | Certainly I was asked about this er well before the er E I P er and we agreed that there w Well certainly I agreed that I could see nothing wrong with that since it is a cl closed research project , and nothing will be divulged at all er publicly . |
| 8 | I realised that I could have her full attention as long as I caught her interest , and I could only do this by telling the truth , for she could no more be bothered with the niceties of drawing-room small-talk than could a fox . |
| 9 | But I believed that I could avoid them , with some help from the Vadinamian processes themselves . |
| 10 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 11 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |
| 12 | One bend further on she stopped , plucked a plant and signalled that I should breathe it . |
| 13 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 14 | It came to something like 60 hours and I decided that I could share it between two people . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't really look like Manson at all , ’ he admits , ‘ but I just felt that I could do it best ! |
| 16 | He felt that I should tell her on my own . |
| 17 | WHEN I read the opening words of your jazz columnist Solly Lipsitz on August 26 , ‘ As this will be my final Thursday column ’ , I felt that I should express my feelings at what I see as a matter which will be of deep concern to the entire jazz fraternity in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |
| 19 | In the struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him , but I also knew that I must leave him ! |
| 20 | I thought that might look quite nice for madam , see my two only ever had cheap beds to start with anyway , I knew that I 'd get them better ones later on |
| 21 | He did n't want me to try it , 'cos he knew that I 'd like it . |
| 22 | It knew that I could sense it , just as it can sense me . ’ |
| 23 | The adrenalin was pumping but I knew that I could control it , knew that it was necessary to a good performance . |
| 24 | I thought that I would wear my Great Britain tracksuit to the airport . |
| 25 | I thought that I would start my own trend , an all-in-one suit . |
| 26 | I never thought that I would join their ranks for me being the steward and the convenor was always enough . |
| 27 | I thought that I would have plenty of time to work once the children went back after the 10-week summer holiday . |
| 28 | I thought that I could make my contribution by joining the Trade Union movement , and improve things from there . ’ |
| 29 | Erm and really the only way I thought that I could prevent myself from doing anything like that was to kill myself in a very violent way because I |
| 30 | I insisted that I should pay her a rent of five shillings a week and also asked her , somewhat tentatively , if she felt able to come and have tea with my mother in Romford . |