Example sentences of "[v-ing] that i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please keep praying that I will master the German ways of doing things , that are so different . |
| 2 | Mercer produced a key and gave it to me , explaining that I would come to a locked door . |
| 3 | It taught me a lesson about drinking and driving that I 'll never forget . ’ |
| 4 | Are you suggesting that I should ignore them ? |
| 5 | ‘ Are you suggesting that I should do it for you ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 6 | Each time I asked , you fobbed me off , and now you 're suggesting that I should fix my belief in you without some kind of hook to hang it on . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're suggesting that I should run away from this woman ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |
| 9 | It certainly was the last point that I understood ; I remember lying awake thinking about it , seeing that I could move any four edges into the working locations and realising that this completed the general method for restoring the cube to its original state . |
| 10 | Davidson and the General kept hinting that I would be much better off without it , but I was terrified that without it I should never be able to fly again , so refused to let them touch it . |
| 11 | ‘ For once , not Rosemary , though I 'm getting more and more desperate about not knowing what to do for the best , ’ he confessed , but went on to explain , ‘ I spent a lot of time yesterday in realising that I must have been a real wet blanket when Naylor announced your engagement on Saturday . ’ |
| 12 | I was never really good at pretending that I could assume my client to be innocent because I or my instructing solicitor had been careful to ensure that he did n't actually confess . |
| 13 | I can remember walking away , swearing that I would never do this again , feeling physically sick . |
| 14 | I had gone believing that I would find plenty of eggs and fish from Lake Balaton — apparently a delicacy . |
| 15 | No matter that I had no experience , I had rehearsed this role for years , blocking everything out — right down to the way I would sit , ministering to the words of the desired object — yet never believing that I might actually perform . |
| 16 | I came to England — Ipswich — to study for the social workers ' qualification , a CQSW in Community Work , believing that I could work with women in the ways I wanted , provided I had the necessary qualifications . |
| 17 | As someone who lives just outside Brighton and commutes to Autocar & Motor 's office on the outskirts of Teddington , West London , it 's fitting that I should be the Clio 's new keeper . |
| 18 | I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta . |
| 19 | We seek to promote non-proliferation and disarmament , and that will be one of the matters to be discussed at the United Nations Security Council meeting that I shall chair next week . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I like the exercise and , besides , I have two friends down the road in a Land Rover , ’ I said , implying that I would be given a lift . |
| 22 | By ( b ) I 'm not of course implying that I would necessarily agree with the judgement that pure theory is no use but I think that 's the way the students see it . |
| 23 | When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart . |
| 24 | He gave me a shrewd look , clearly suspecting that I would have changed the name had I dared defy the superstition . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll like Robin-Anne , ’ the senator said too quickly , thus betraying that I would probably not like Rickie . |
| 26 | Well that is really yo you feel good wearing that I would have thought . |
| 27 | It was , then , a most discouraging start to what may in fact be an entirely new sort of duty required of me ; so discouraging that I must admit I have not really made further attempts along these lines . |
| 28 | And from this moment on you are gambling that I shall fail . ’ |
| 29 | I was examining the effect in the mirror before putting on the mask , vaguely wishing that I could levitate a little to improve the illusion . |
| 30 | You know I 've never hated you — though for years I 've been wishing that I could ! ’ |