Example sentences of "[verb] that i [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 2 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ About my book , ’ he said , hesitating , ‘ I do n't know that I want to go on with it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know that I want to play , either . ’ |
| 5 | My conscience shouted that I had to inform . |
| 6 | If it 's too painful for her to accept that I want to look for Elaine , then I sha n't . ’ |
| 7 | Sooner or later I would have to accept that I needed to look elsewhere . |
| 8 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 9 | Among the many ‘ thank-you ’ letters I wrote , I sent one to Alan Shell of the Humanist Association , who replied , ‘ We are very glad our letter was of help to you and you will be interested to know that I propose to send copies of your letter , with your name deleted , to our funeral officiants in the hope that they will take courage from it and help any others who might be in similar difficulties . ’ |
| 10 | I 've always got on well with adults , but it 's only now that I 'm starting to get on with my own generation , and I realise that I have to do that if I 'm to become a whole person . |
| 11 | You say that I need to discuss copy when I 've got there if you 've got copy if they 've had full colour before then they will have bromides and separations and things like |
| 12 | I was so overwhelmed that I started to cry . |
| 13 | Petra to me had been listed with the Pyramids , Timbuktu , Venice , Hadrian 's Wall and Troy as places that I had to visit before I died . |
| 14 | You forget that I want to get out of here too . |
| 15 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 16 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
| 17 | You may think that I want to destroy the milk boards , but if you believe that you will believe anything . ’ |
| 18 | She hates that I have to fight against her countrymen . ’ |
| 19 | I am grateful for that suggestion , but I am not sure which Labour party policy the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that I adopt to encourage investment . |
| 20 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 21 | I regret that I have to conclude that the omens for retaining national control of vital areas do not look good . |
| 22 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 23 | It was only as we came in to Maidstone and I started looking for Hospital signs that I began to suffer the nervous Whirling Pits way down in my stomach . |
| 24 | The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection . |
| 25 | The GP visited again 10 days after his first call and asked that I continue to review the wound regularly and alter the dressings as necessary . |
| 26 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 27 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 28 | Brian arrived , with his girlfriend and another friend , who seemed to realize that I needed to calm down and offered to walk around the building with me . |
| 29 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 30 | The people who were lived behind Ann there 's a yo young couple in there I think he beat her up , I mean that I wanted to go round me , because I know what it felt like and I wished somebody had come and help me . |