Example sentences of "[vb past] that i [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " 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 When we talked we agreed that I should send you a copy of the Resource Book for Teachers on CALL .
5 But I believed that I could avoid them , with some help from the Vadinamian processes themselves .
6 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 …
7 One bend further on she stopped , plucked a plant and signalled that I should breathe it .
8 ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago .
9 It came to something like 60 hours and I decided that I could share it between two people .
10 ‘ I do n't really look like Manson at all , ’ he admits , ‘ but I just felt that I could do it best !
11 He felt that I should tell her on my own .
12 I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference .
13 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 !
14 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
15 He did n't want me to try it , 'cos he knew that I 'd like it .
16 It knew that I could sense it , just as it can sense me . ’
17 The adrenalin was pumping but I knew that I could control it , knew that it was necessary to a good performance .
18 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 .
19 They said that I should return it in its box , with the receipt .
20 This he did and later in the evening he said that I could keep them .
21 No , I said well I said that I 'd appreciate it cos it 's worth a go and she said oh yes I agree with you there .
22 He said he hoped that I would publish it ‘ as I know that people in general do n't understand the long term effects of child sexual abuse ’ .
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