Example sentences of "[noun] [that] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sly , Sir , devilishly sly ! ’ would be my chapter heading , and egotism and idleness the principal characteristics that I should assign to him . ’ |
| 2 | It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again . |
| 3 | It seemed to me that there were two types of variations that I wished to explore , and there were a number of different methods that I would have to employ to resolve some of the problems that arose once I started to ask questions about these variations . |
| 4 | I looked at Uncle Hamish , who was making quiet signals that I should clasp my hands and close my eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ It is part of the expectation of the President that I should be available to represent the Church , so I have been to Strasbourg to the European Parliament and also on visits to the churches in Nigeria and Kenya . |
| 6 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 7 | However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night . |
| 8 | So great was my obsession that I used to wish that one day I would develop my own American accent . |
| 9 | That is why I said I would ‘ seek to agree ’ with the Chancellor : there is little by way of logical leverage that I could bring to bear upon them . |
| 10 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's probably just as well for all concerned at the club that I should hang my boots up for a while . |
| 12 | If they are not , I fear that the worries that I will express tonight will be fulfilled . |
| 13 | ‘ There have never been any thoughts in my mind that I would get something from the Government . ’ |
| 14 | There was no doubt in my mind that I would go out and prove myself and answer all those questions about me . ’ |
| 15 | It never crossed my mind that I would ever recover from the suffering I underwent during my last days there , and especially my last hours . |
| 16 | But you really ‘ should n't have ’ — I know you have so many other things on your mind that I would hate to think I was adding to them . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're so good at reading my mind that I would have thought you 'd know . ’ |
| 18 | But it 's so far back in my mind that I ca n't reach it . |
| 19 | It never crossed my mind that I might one day have to fight . |
| 20 | ‘ Besides , did it ever cross your mind that I might be jealous of you ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It crossed my mind that I could push open the door and drop the dinghy myself , but I soon realised that the workload would be far too heavy , flying as low as intended for the drop . |
| 22 | Moldan , whose name was on the StB register although he had not been an agent , admitted to meeting with StB agents but declared that " in the conditions in Czechoslovakia at that time it never crossed by mind that I could refuse " . |
| 23 | But I had made up my mind that I must not get emotional , so I hid all my feelings . |
| 24 | There is no doubt in my mind that I can be the player I was before I got injured . |
| 25 | ‘ There is no doubt in my mind that I can work with Sir John Hall and the board of directors who , along with everyone else at the club , have been under tremendous pressure because of the club 's present financial position . ’ |
| 26 | I always had this thing in the back of my mind that I 'd like to be Head Gardener at Killerton one day , because of the type of garden it is , because of its size and because of the plant content . |
| 27 | These are the sorts of considerations that I shall have to take into account . |
| 28 | It was merely a figure of speech ; you need have no fear that I 'll creep along in the early hours to take advantage of your defenceless body . ’ |
| 29 | Yet , despite the desperate fatigue and the fear that I might be making a fool of myself , I was seized with a curious elation that kept me going . |
| 30 | ‘ The fear that I could be had begun to haunt my days and keep me awake at nights , and , although I knew Simon was the wrong person to take into my confidence , he was familiar and he was there . |