Example sentences of "[that] i [vb base] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True faith in God means that I distrust myself in order to trust in God . |
| 2 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
| 3 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 4 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |
| 5 | Be pleased to tell them that I remember them with great kindness and great respect . |
| 6 | I 'd like to say that I remember something about the rest of that walk but I do n't , only that it rained , then it rained some more , and when it got fed up with that , it rained again . |
| 7 | And therefore it is only because I believe this particular phrase is quite literally to do with the very crux , the very cross , of our Christian understanding that I bring it before the general assembly . |
| 8 | You were standing by the boat , demanding that I let you on board , and I felt such a raw , aching need lance through me that it shocked me . |
| 9 | It 's not that I 've anything against audiences , it 's just that when they 're a blur they 're so friendly — just one big smiley mess . |
| 10 | Not that I 've anything against Americans ; far from it . |
| 11 | I was only going to say , Chair , that before my time in local government , that I 've mine as an observer each side , er , there was no problem for local authorities to raise a rate , er , there was no restrictions on this , and if they thought they could get away with it politically , they did , and they provided the services , that , that they believed people wanted . |
| 12 | I , I just put it on his dinner , cos there 's no way that I squirt it in his mouth , I 'd probably choke him . |
| 13 | I 'm going to have some headed notepaper as soon as I can get the laser printer printing out things that I tell it to rather than printing out Courier Ten . |
| 14 | You ken when there , there are , this , this old Mary that I tell you about er , she 'd had smallpox when she was young , she used to be a herring gutter . |
| 15 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 16 | ‘ And I think it 's going to be very important that I sell it to the Congress and the American people , and that we have a partnership here . ’ |
| 17 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |
| 18 | It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice . |
| 19 | So did his explanatory remark that he had written it ‘ to show that I know something about birds ’ . |
| 20 | It is n't the first time you 've implied that I know something about what 's going on , so how about explaining it to me ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I say merely that I know nothing of your late wife . |
| 22 | ‘ I told your sergeant that I know nothing of my cousin 's death . |
| 23 | ‘ Not if you want to keep your job ! ’ he snarled , and , on the brink of all-out warfare , ‘ Do you have some secret understanding with him that I know nothing of ? ’ |
| 24 | You all insist that I know nothing but nobody else can do this . |
| 25 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 27 | Here we might admit that my belief is true and justified but refuse to grant that I know there to be a sheep in the field . |
| 28 | ‘ Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television … ‘ |
| 29 | Now that I seek myself in a serpent |
| 30 | Not quite able to turn this down , he insists instead that I telephone him on Saturday morning to confirm . |