Example sentences of "[vb infin] be that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 2 | What I did know was that I discerned in the detail the cynical hand of the practising hack . |
| 3 | What I did know was that I did n't want to grow up , and my diary records that I confessed as much — when pressed to my housemistress . |
| 4 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
| 5 | An example I can cite is that I asked her to research and write up ( unsupervised ) an application to the Carnegie-Mellon Foundation for the microfilming of our 100,000 items in the Archive Collection . |
| 6 | I suppose I used to think the worst that could happen was that I got killed . |
| 7 | But what they ca n't stand is that I hate them when they do n't behave in their own way . |
| 8 | A problem I have which I hope you can solve is that I wish to build a ammeter to test alternator outputs . |
| 9 | I 'm Mrs and er the point I wan na make is that I understood when Jimmy Jones came here had two lovely full houses but I heard through the building through the grapevine that the members of the trust or council objected to him because he was racist his jokes and sexist . |
| 10 | And therefore , the point I would make is that I disagree with the weighting or the the two ticks given to the A sixty four south in in Mr 's assessment . |
| 11 | No excuses , as I 've said , and the only explanation I can offer is that I thought you loved Jones . |
| 12 | All I can say is that I doubt I will be asked to join the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team . |
| 13 | All is can say is that I hope England get him , with any luck we 'll be saddled with a manager that appreciates Rocky 's talent . |
| 14 | All I can say is that I failed , and in this particular case I regret that failure . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ All I can say is that I recognise the incredible enthusiasm that there is for this sport among a section of the listening public — especially Daily Telegraph readers . |
| 16 | All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night . |
| 17 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |
| 18 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 19 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 20 | All I 'd say is that I do n't quite agree with Stuart 's description of that summer with Oliver . |
| 21 | Now I am able to say that Barton Willmore has done this work , and it has submitted as part of our submission to the E I P , and in summary what I would say is that I believe that that work demonstrates that the new settlement has to be in the order of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , to begin to achieve the environmental objectives set for the new settlement , and also social objectives which would also be important to the residents of that new settlement . |
| 22 | All I will say is that I reject as a model of justice the view which has temporarily gained favour in many developed societies : namely , the view that each person is entitled to what he can get , and let the next man look out for himself as best he can . |
| 23 | ‘ What you ca n't accept is that I accept that I do n't know anything . |
| 24 | ‘ What no-one can deny is that I have Scottish blood in me , and I have always known it was there ’ , he said . |
| 25 | What I did n't say was that I had n't been making love to her but to Alison , taking her from behind on the kitchen table , her rump high in the air and her toes squirming helplessly an inch or two off the floor . |