Example sentences of "that i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 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 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 3 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 4 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 5 | And everywhere else now that I come to mention it . ’ |
| 6 | I say I am bored , and that I hope to see him that evening . |
| 7 | This is to tell you that I hope to send you about 10 questionnaires on ELT dictionaries ( intermediate rather than advanced ) this week , for you and whoever else ( teachers or students — mixture if possible ) might be willing to fill them in . |
| 8 | Not that I mean to make her sound like some latter-day Anne Frank , of course . ’ |
| 9 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 10 | Andrew Stavanger was compelled to turn to the bank for help after the dock strikes , and it was then that I got to know him . |
| 11 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The effect of this inner sweetness was that I began to sing what previously I had spoken ; only I sang inwardly , and that for my Creator . |
| 14 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 15 | He looked so genuinely worried , that I began to doubt myself . |
| 16 | ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’ |
| 17 | So many people ply me with drinks in the D and F these days that I tend to remember them as I saw them , in a blur . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It will probably be understood that I wish to make my remarks in the context of the Scottish agricultural scene . |
| 20 | Lord Wittisham believes that I wish to marry him . |
| 21 | It was with great relish that I prepared to burn it down — while Charles and Dimity were conveniently away for a few days . |
| 22 | He regarded it as one of my most endearing qualities that I seemed to want nothing from him . |
| 23 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 24 | ‘ You will have guessed the first , ’ he resumed , masticating the thick coils of smoke , ‘ namely that I wished to inculcate you a little further in the understanding of my true nature , a little further but not too far — keep 'em guessing is my motto . |
| 25 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 26 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 27 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |