Example sentences of "[adv] that i [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see , as he sang , the years drop away — so that I knew him : the young and hopeful singer , all the best to come , a bottle no more than something to be cracked among friends . |
| 2 | Just that I saw him on a train to London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 3 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 4 | Not that I thought he understood the music that much , but it was the image of he people behind the music , because people like Charlie Mingus are quite characters . |
| 5 | Mrs Fleming 's … well , she 's quite fat , and she looks a lot older than Mr Fleming — not that I think he 's about to do a Mr Rochester , stick her up the Loft nor nothing ! |
| 6 | Not that I think he 'll feel like doing much of anything for a few hours , anyway . ’ |
| 7 | Not that I fancied him before but . |
| 8 | Edwin was a crafty old so-andso and he did n't like his children very much — not that I blame him — so I thought I 'd better get the beneficiaries together and explain . |
| 9 | It 's true that extracts such as Phoebe 's ‘ Think not that I love him … ’ from As You Like It ( Act 3 , Scene 5 ) or Viola 's ‘ 1 left no ring with her … ’ from Twelfth Night ( Act 2 , Scene 2 ) may be all too well known to a panel , but I can not agree with an adjudication policy that would ban these pieces from the audition . |
| 10 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 11 | He was the goalkeeper for Manchester United and I joked later that I threw him the bag of money and he dropped it ! |
| 12 | I had tried hard to destroy all feelings of love for him , but now that I saw him again , I could not stop myself loving him . |
| 13 | Can you tell him please that I wish him happiness ? ’ |
| 14 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 15 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 16 | It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya . |
| 17 | I knew then that I loved him and I would do anything for him , no matter what . |
| 18 | ‘ I try to just get the feelings across that I know he probably felt . |
| 19 | Not quite able to turn this down , he insists instead that I telephone him on Saturday morning to confirm . |