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Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession .
2	‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’
3	Not that I mean to make her sound like some latter-day Anne Frank , of course . ’
4	It was when I started having health and financial problems that I began to re-evaluate my life , and I could see that it was an appalling misery .
5	It 's tragic — there 's a chap along this road that I like to keep my eye on and it 's as long as it 's short — to lose your eldest boy .
6	It will probably be understood that I wish to make my remarks in the context of the Scottish agricultural scene .
7	I knew it did me good to be reminded of how much I loathed the suburbs , and that I had to continue my journey into London and a new life , ensuring I got away from people and streets like this .
8	It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially .
9	Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife .
10	‘ I always said that I had to put my medical career before my rugby , but the new job will not force me to retire because my colleagues are so supportive and helpful . ’
11	It was clear , then , that I had to choose my moment wisely .
12	Now it was an atrocious stench that infested the windless air , a nauseating compound of decomposing flesh and excrement , so revolting that I had to hold my nose and breathe through my mouth .
13	In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot .
14	Bill Francis looked so much worse in twelve hours that I had to control my expression when I went back to him .
15	It meant that I had to renew my Jamaican passport .
16	She said that I had to tell my parents .
17	Nor that I will to borrow his messenger without his knowledge .
18	It was n't until Suede that I started to forge my own identity .
19	But I 'd eluded them before and I could again , I told myself , almost jauntily , as I ambled into the bar that I decided to make my last stop for the night .
20	You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her .
21	Anne read the guidebooks , while I 'd say , ‘ Hey , this looks like an interesting airfield ! ’ to which Anne would reply , £The fact that the place has an interesting approach does not mean that I want to spend my holidays there ! ’
22	I do n't know why ; only that I want to hear my voice on the answerphone .
23	I realize that I need to work my way through the next passages with care and delicacy .
24	The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin .
25	I get the feeling that I begin to know my way around , to know at least most of the chess moves of it .
26	I get the feeling that I begin to know my way round , to know that at least most of the chess moves of it .
27	It is for this reason , following on from Freud and Szasz , that I propose to treat my patient as a text .
28	Before I call the Home Secretary , I should say that I understand that a notice of appeal has now been lodged but that I propose to exercise my discretion in respect of the sub judice rule to allow questions covering the Home Secretary 's statement .
29	I would tell them that I wanted to record their accents for a research project .
30	I explained that I wanted to see her father on a matter of business , but that his office had been unable to tell me where he was , and that I could get no reply by telephoning his home .