Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly . |
2 | " And you wo n't let him know that I phoned you ? " |
3 | Does Mike have some er Georgian Hotel , look at that Christmas jokes , Daddy , Eddie 's broken my new dog how did he do that I hit him on the head with it Why is Father Christmas unemployed ? |
4 | But you must believe that I kept you here not because I wanted to , but because I believed it my duty to those whom God ( or , well , the Company anyway ) has placed in my care . |
5 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
6 | Could n't you see that I loved her when I s the moment I saw her , I just , I just I threw myself to her , I wanted to give her anything , even my life . |
7 | no I did n't , I did n't mean that , I did n't mean that I turned it over I 'm not gon na false out bloody conversation just for the sake of it |
8 | ‘ I never thought old Nancy Leadbetter would forget that I rogered her . |
9 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
10 | In the third place , you may recall that I escorted you to your room at half-past twelve ; but the college gates are locked at midnight , from which it follows that I would have had to rouse the duty porter in order both to be let out and to be let in again , something he will most certainly confirm I did not do . |
11 | He told Brian Walden , in The Sunday Times ( 16 April 1989 ) , 'I do n't pretend that I liked her because I did n't … |
12 | I could n't even pretend that I wanted them ! |
13 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
14 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
15 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
16 | I do not now deny that I hoped he would lead us to him . |
17 | When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing . |