Example sentences of "that i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ WHAT worried me was that I might discover I could n't write at all . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 3 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 4 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 5 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that I might marry him . |
| 6 | ‘ I had asked my mother one evening to cut my cheese entire , so that I might toast it , ’ he told Tom Poole : |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , ’ Simone said gently , ‘ that I might find him very attractive , despite all your dark and desperate misgivings , but it 's not mutual . ’ |
| 8 | I was fearful that I might find you down another alley . ’ |
| 9 | I was afraid long ago , when I hit him in the mouth with that heavy glove , that I might kill him one day . |
| 10 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 11 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 12 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 13 | One of his little projects was that I would send him down some very promising people from the Royal College to teach in the West Riding . |
| 14 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 15 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 16 | I had wagered a purse that I would beat him at bowls and Drake never could resist gold . |
| 17 | That does not mean that I would discard it as an instrument of statutory interpretation even were I empowered to do so . |
| 18 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 19 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 20 | Not that I would prevent you from confessing , ’ she added hastily . |
| 21 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 22 | I have said we will be pleased to provide back-up with visitor 's packs etc and that I would inform you of the request . |
| 23 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 24 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 25 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |
| 26 | So anyway have a look at page fifty six cos I promised you yesterday that I would take you through the verb if you were you know the things you would want to know about . |
| 27 | I was n't saying Kerslake was crap , just that I would swap him for Dixon , Parker , Nilsson or Rob Jones . |
| 28 | I had promised him that I would look her up , convey his admiring regards , and perhaps even bring him back a signed photograph of Miss Dragonette . |
| 29 | Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’ |
| 30 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |