Example sentences of "[verb] that i [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 2 | You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs . |
| 3 | Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this . |
| 4 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 5 | She said huskily , ‘ Surely you ca n't really think that I had anything to do with this ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think that I have anything more to say to you , Johnny . |
| 7 | You all insist that I know nothing but nobody else can do this . |
| 8 | Automatically I checked that I had plenty of fuel myself . |
| 9 | I realised that I needed something that was a bit more active and fairly creative , preferably something that included both sexes . |
| 10 | ‘ I realised that I needed someone strong who was next to me and she is it , ’ says Sacha . |
| 11 | He 's guessed that I suspect something , but he ca n't possibly know just what , nor how . |
| 12 | Such a peculiar coincidence startles me into remembering that I have something to write for Esquire . |
| 13 | ‘ I keep imagining this morning that I have — please believe me , Milena , because when we 're married you will have to put up with a lot of this , but I keep imagining that I have lots of little crisp sepia legs . ’ |
| 14 | No mine are n't too bad really it 's just that I do n't like being having said that I had one . |
| 15 | Returning to Reine that afternoon , I caught sight of Jean-Claude slipping into the dark urban cleft that was the rue de Sèvres , and I noticed that I felt nothing , neither curi-osity nor apprehension . |
| 16 | I hope you do n't mind that I said anything . ’ |
| 17 | But neither can I claim that I had anything to do with it . |
| 18 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 19 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 20 | I was n't completely heart-free during those years ; sometimes I allowed myself to be fooled that I loved someone , but when it came to the point of saying " yes " to anything final there was always the small honest inner voice which jeered " For life ? |
| 21 | My mother insisted on accompanying me to the tailor to ensure that I got something sensible . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery . |
| 23 | ‘ Just because I knew Mills was suspected of betraying someone does not necessarily mean that I had anything to do with his unfortunate death . |
| 24 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 25 | Now I felt that I wanted nothing else in the world but to be allowed to read this dismal grammar all winter . |
| 26 | Assuming now that I was aware of one or two facts of which you , my dear , could not be , assuming that I had something of importance to communicate to Michel , would you still stick to your stubborn refusal ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ — Coursebooks for the '90s , EFL Gazette |
| 29 | Nevertheless , I knew that I needed something far beyond that which could be offered by the NHS . |
| 30 | I do n't think I need to repeat that I think everyone can hear the questions er |