Example sentences of "[to-vb] that i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest |
| 3 | ‘ It may interest you to know that I 've just had Mr Standish on the phone . |
| 4 | You might like to know that I have recently been in touch with a Mme Francine Roussel ( University of Nancy II , 23 Blvd Albert 1e , Nancy 54000 ) who is just completing a survey review of concordancers . |
| 5 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 6 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 7 | This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man . |
| 8 | I desire the reader to remember that I do not make use of the word people for the mere vulgar or mobile , but for the whole community , consisting of clergy , nobility and commons … |
| 9 | And you will be pleased to hear that I have even managed to bring a bucket of ice to chill the wine . ’ |
| 10 | So did the Southernwood which was a feathery blue-green plant — that 's another plant I 've never come across since , although I have to confess that I have n't seen many gardens . |
| 11 | I hope that figure is right er , I have to confess that I have not added it up and er the copy that I have , the five and the nine could be mistaken for other figures , but I hope that there the right figures to that must be added first the general damages a calculation which like all by other calculations need to be carefully checked , I would er calculate the interest on general damages to date would be five thousand , two hundred and seven pounds future care totals six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and seventeen pounds suitable accommodation , seventy one thousand , one hundred and fifty two pounds , transport costs thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds , that makes a total of one million , two hundred and six thousand , three hundred and thirty eight pounds that is the amount which I would be minding to award , I understand that the parties in the light of that would wish to have further discussions about the matter |
| 12 | It is as bizarre to suppose that I do not have a clear idea of a particular causal circumstance , say the one which gives rise to a query on the console of my computer , when I am unable to enumerate its elements . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you 'll doubtless be delighted to learn that I have n't cried since the day I decided to go boating on the duck pond at home , only to find when I was halfway across that my rowing-boat was holed . |
| 14 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 15 | Certainly Americans see it as being very different from their home-grown shows and for some reason they all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions , which I 'll take as a compliment . |
| 16 | To sneer would be to imply that I do n't care about you , Caroline . |
| 17 | In fact there has been so much to amuse that I have scarcely read a book and have written but little . |
| 18 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 19 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
| 20 | I have to say that I look pretty damn good . |
| 21 | The last time I had an office job was in 1986 — it was a disaster , and I 'm pleased to be able to say that I have n't done a day 's work since . |
| 22 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
| 23 | Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process . |
| 24 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
| 25 | I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million . |
| 26 | ‘ Now I suppose you are going to say that I have not mentioned the word lover , but I always think it 's ludicrous to call one 's wife one 's lover . |
| 27 | I would hasten to say that I have never yet had the misfortune to operate anywhere which possessed all these undesirable features , but every one of us has seen some of them , or combinations of them in different circumstances , and everyone knows , from their own personal experience , how demotivating these characteristics are . |
| 28 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
| 29 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 30 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |