Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 2 | Well-launched as it was , I regret to report that the organization of China-Canada Inc. seemed to die of inactivity after its founder left for China in 1946 ; it was , after all , very much of a one-man show and the big names on all the committees were more or less honorary only . |
| 3 | I regret to say that there are no general guidelines available . |
| 4 | I regret to say that this has been a breathtakingly disappointing debate , even by the standards of those initiated by Labour Members , redeemed only by an excellent constructive contribution by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) , who made an outstanding speech . |
| 5 | I regret to say that in consequence of the contents having been packed before they were thoroughly dry they are all in a badly mildewed state , so much so that I shall have to dry each specimen individually and remove the mildew with a brush : the smallest of the two large skins has also lost the whole of the wool or hair from the head ; The bottles too not having been properly secured , the spirit has escaped and caused the small boxes to fall to pieces forming an heterogenous mixture of nests , eggs broken and sound , tops , bottoms , and sides of boxes , plants , etc . |
| 6 | I regret to say that I forgot to give the Vice Chairman 's apologies for non-attendance . |
| 7 | That means five thousand eight hundred and twenty five pounds which one multiplies by four , giving a total under that schedule of twenty three thousand , three hundred pounds , I regret to say that it is of course inherent in the judgment that I have to deliver that there is a good deal of what |
| 8 | ‘ I believe that it is quite wrong that you should refuse this reasonable request and I regret to say that your attitude is all too typical of the secretive nature of British government , which cries out for reform . ’ |
| 9 | Now I regret to say that the only political party that actually entered into negotiations on this occasion was the Conservative Party . |
| 10 | I regret to note that the removal of the stop at 120 Nicolson Street makes it less convenient for you to shop at Low 's supermarket . |
| 11 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 12 | Erm I do n't know if I mean remember that in order to do any compositional semantic theory , you have to assign structuring . |
| 13 | What is more , he has a social conscience , and as a result of his persuasion I intend to see that our labourers ' cottages have better sanitation . ’ |
| 14 | I intend to see that it gets it . ’ |
| 15 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 16 | Fagg has put me temporarily in charge and , limited though my power may be , I intend to ensure that those under my care are for once treated like human beings . ’ |
| 17 | I intend to ensure that they have all the information and resources they need to develop their service to the ex-service community , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I intend to repay that trust by working tirelessly for all Willington East residents . |
| 19 | I hate to say that about anybody , but she really is . |
| 20 | I hate to see that I must say . |
| 21 | I I tend to agree that the criteria tend to fall into two sorts . |
| 22 | If anything , I tend to believe that it will make you unhappy : either immediately unhappy , as you are impaled by incompatibility , or unhappy later , when the woodworm has quietly been gnawing away for years and the bishop 's throne collapses . |
| 23 | I tend to think that it should really be left outside the development plan process and it should be for individual developers to prove exceptional needs . |
| 24 | There are a number of forensic tests to be carried out but I expect to find that the razor was the weapon . ’ |
| 25 | I expect to hear that it matches Dr Darnell 's fingernails . |
| 26 | … So … it may be a very unusual and surprising decision that I have reached , but I intend here , appreciating the seriousness of the position , the ramifications that could follow , I propose to direct that these proceedings are stayed . |
| 27 | Then I hesitate to say that there 's probably a more complex issue now even than the Fire Station , erm , the figures which are given incidentally are the original estimate there , because that was what was available to us at the time . |
| 28 | Chairman , this is not what we , er , agreed before , and it seems to me that there 's been some re-thinking on this , and I hesitate to say that once again , er , members are trying to face all ways because they do n't want to upset somebody , but the policy that we 've had in the past , had total support at property , and it is , it is a policy that has worked . |
| 29 | I want to emphasise that if the acute care of myocardial infarction is to be effective , it has to be very acute care . |
| 30 | And I want to stress that this is not to do with facts about ‘ reality ’ , for example that most astronauts are men and it 's a macho kind of occupation . |