Example sentences of "that i [vb mod] [verb] to he " in BNC.
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1 | I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit . |
2 | I have just written down that I must write to him , |
3 | You and Osman , you and the Fry , though you have told me of your perfect freedom and exchange of ideas etc. were never freer than Edward and I. Sometimes I wonder that I can speak to him as I do , never before having known a boy , and having only you at times to ‘ let out , on . |
4 | So , it was like a relief that I could talk to him about being pregnant . |
5 | The letters started to arrive , the apologies , the confessions , the pleas that I should reply to him . |
6 | ‘ Sly , Sir , devilishly sly ! ’ would be my chapter heading , and egotism and idleness the principal characteristics that I should assign to him . ’ |