Example sentences of "that i [modal v] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could .
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 think he just wants to keep putting it off ; he might be frightened of me gaining too much independence , or he might simply be scared that I 'll kill myself the way a lot of youths seem to when they get a bike .
4 You will be relieved to hear that I shall spare you the details of these arguments on this occasion .
5 ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’
6 ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’
7 I want to be out on a limb with my back to the water so that I can see what the rest of the world is doing .
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