Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] i [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I even know , thanks to Montesquieu , that one may be a Persian , but as for Man , I declare that I have never met him in my life ; if he exists it is without my knowledge.1 |
| 2 | But I would wake up , startled and guilty , horrorstruck that I had somehow managed to allow myself to get out of control . |
| 3 | Fear that I have only dreamed of moving forward , that when I go in and face it I will see that it is a mistake , not possible , uninteresting . |
| 4 | ‘ If you mean that I worked hard to make my own money , then yes , I did . |
| 5 | I am still dreaming of the white cotton lace bedspread that I have always promised to knit for my ‘ best friend ’ because I know that she had always wanted one . |
| 6 | I do not wish in any way to criticise you , and I appreciate that I applied today to ask such a question — |
| 7 | I was diagnosed as being asthmatic at the age of 48 , although on reflection I suspect that I had probably suffered mild intermittent symptoms in childhood . |
| 8 | If you know that I have just bought an angora woollie at half price in a sale , it is unlikely that it came from Boots the chemist . |
| 9 | Remember that I had always intended to leave spare key with the Twills next door but never got round to it . |
| 10 | Suppose that I claimed yesterday to know that it would rain in the afternoon , on the normal grounds ( weather forecast , gathering clouds , etc. ) , but that it turns out that I was wrong . |
| 11 | ‘ You really believe that I came here to cause trouble , do n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And I believe that I began then to train myself to listen in the voice of somebody , or look through the outer facade . |
| 13 | ‘ I believe that I have never worked with kitsch . |
| 14 | ‘ If I go to church I feel that I go more to escape the chores than for any other reason ! ’ she said aloud . |
| 15 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 16 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 17 | Are you jealous because you think that I came here to sleep with her ? ’ |
| 18 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 19 | I think that I have already given way a reasonable number of times . |
| 20 | As John struggles to find another plectrum , I mention that I 'd always thought of him as a fingerstyle player … |
| 21 | I felt very creative when I was pregnant , very calm and at ease and think that as a result , I produced some of the best work that I have ever done . ’ |