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 ’ . |