Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] that i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to have a secret between them that I could n't share . ’ |
| 2 | Oi think of a project for me that I can do for the next seven weeks . |
| 3 | She was so worried and scared of me that I could n't reward her when she did something right and , obviously , telling her off was out of the question . |
| 4 | ‘ I can think of nothing that I would like less . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But did it not occur to that massive conceit of yours that I might not want to make love to you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I 'll have to try and think of something that I can erm to get it to go up . |
| 9 | At the end of the afternoon , before we left the wood , and with a solemnity and sincerity , a complete dedication of herself that I can not describe to you because such unconditional promising is another extinct mystery … she said , ‘ Whatever happens I shall never marry anyone but you . ’ ’ |
| 10 | I mean I 've actually I tried to persuade a colleague of mine that I could quite easily sexually harass a male student of mine , and the reason I could do that , or the way I could do that , is because I have power over him . |
| 11 | The few square inches of it that I could see were spoiled by the sticky red blood which had pooled out over them . |
| 12 | I ca n't stress too much the value I give my tears … they are priceless , beyond words , they are the most private part of myself that I can share with those who draw close to me . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'm sure I should n't have , but I was feeling so guilty about you that I would have agreed to do anything you asked . ’ |
| 14 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 15 | It was a perpetual anxiety with me that I should turn up at school wearing a dress that had been sold to that same shop by one of my fellow-pupils . |
| 16 | He seemed so pleased with himself that I could n't help saying that I should mind them very much myself but that I had no objection to his wearing them — a view which I believed surprised him . |
| 17 | And I 'm gon na pick one at random , and I 'm gon na have this bet with you that I will get either a red or a blue . |
| 18 | Now here , it 's useful to contrast the Hobbesian approach , which I call the pessimistic view of human nature , with one that I would call optimistic . |
| 19 | I feel excited when I come up with something that I can have Jack to help me with , I 'm always ready to hear what he has . |
| 20 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |
| 21 | The cones are now all flowing with pitch , and my hands are soon so covered with it that I can not easily cast down my booty when I would , it sticks to my fingers so ; and when I get down at last and have picked them up , I can not touch my basket with such hands but carry it on my arm , nor can I pick up my coat which I have taken off unless with my teeth — or else I kick it up and catch it on my arm . |
| 22 | I … there 's feelings inside me that I ca n't explain . |
| 23 | He says , Well you tell him from me that I shall never forget . |
| 24 | I learnt more from him that I can ever acknowledge . |
| 25 | By the time that I began to work with Ahmed and Amitha , I had resolved within myself that I could n't be anything other than a Black lesbian and that was in itself its own political identity , one that did not require validation from either the women 's , gay or Black movements . |
| 26 | Syl 's oboe was another of the things about him that I could n't bear . |
| 27 | I saw them from the window and called to them that I would tell the police who they were . |
| 28 | Emelia Kanthack commented that she ‘ always approached my East End patients with my very best manners and extended the same little courteous considerations to them that I would have served towards a lady ’ . |
| 29 | So I had to try to prove to them that I could manage him . |
| 30 | I have to keep proving to them that I can . ’ |