Example sentences of "[vb past] that i would [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was quite a young man , ’ said Lester , ‘ and Melvin Frank was quite experienced and assumed that I would act as a kind of surrogate director . |
| 2 | ‘ On a personal note , in 1991 when the Board nominated me and the shareholders elected me to the chairmanship , I indicated that I would serve in this capacity for two years and oversee the rationalisation and turnaround of the Waterford and Wedgwood businesses . |
| 3 | I even resorted to going to a hairdresser who guaranteed that I 'd emerge with dead straight hair . |
| 4 | We arranged that I 'd go for the weekend , but I would n't leave my sister . |
| 5 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
| 6 | When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie . |
| 7 | I thought that I would begin with an outline of the problems you face , and go on to chronicle your successes . ’ |
| 8 | I am afraid , rather weakly , I said that I would speak to Max . |
| 9 | When he came to see me , I said that I would write to the chairlady of the health authority , who replied that she was very sorry that this had happened but asked whether the gentleman could prove that the burn marks had been caused by the deposit from the hospital chimney . |
| 10 | I think that 's the trouble with Christmas , I said to Rob , in a way , I said I hope when I get to mum and dad 's age I wo n't expect my children to think oh god you got to go there for you know I said that I 'd love to just once take the kids away and go somewhere |
| 11 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |
| 12 | I explained that I would go to the Lyceum today . |