Example sentences of "that i [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt such a strong love for them that I planned to spend the rest of my life among them , and to try to become more like them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex . |
| 5 | The scene was so exciting that I failed to sympathise with my grey-faced guest who returned with tales of third world conditions in the gents . |
| 6 | I tried to be sick in the toilet , but even that I failed to do . |
| 7 | It is in the darkest , unprogressive times that I return to base and say ‘ baptizatus sum ’ ‘ I am a baptized person ’ — and that is sheer gift and grace . |
| 8 | In the part of the world that I help to represent — Wales — unemployment stands at more than 120,000 . |
| 9 | An hour that I intend to use making sure that everyone , including your friend Lewis , understands what our relationship is ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | That I intend to make love to both of you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 13 | Due to the publication schedule of ‘ Contact ’ I am actually writing this before the AGM , so I ca n't say anything more about it except that I intend to resign at it , due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area , so this will be the last time you will hear about London Branch from me . |
| 14 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 15 | And it is some of those shared beliefs and concerns that I intend to address this evening : |
| 16 | I declare here and now that I intend to follow that same path . |
| 17 | ‘ I told Glentoran manager Rob Strain that I intend to train hard for three weeks and maybe play a couple of reserve games . |
| 18 | And everywhere else now that I come to mention it . ’ |
| 19 | Incidentally , now that I come to think further about it , it is not quite true to say there was no dispute as to who were the great butlers . |
| 20 | Moreover , now that I come to think of it , it is perhaps not so surprising that it should also have made a deep impression on Miss Kenton given certain aspects of her relationship with my father during her early days at Darlington Hall . |
| 21 | In fact , now that I come to think of it , I have a feeling it may have been Lord Darlington himself who made that particular remark to me that time he called me into his study some two months after that exchange with Miss Kenton outside the billiard room . |
| 22 | His brother , on the other hand — this did seem a little odd , now that I come to think of it — had apparently learnt his German locally ; from his voice I should have said he was Austrian . |
| 23 | And now that I come to think back , ’ said Cadfael , shaking his head between doubt and conviction , ‘ that wind that blew in was gone before ever the page settled . |
| 24 | I should 've arranged it , now that I come to think of it . |
| 25 | ‘ Next day this camel drops to its knees and this guy gets on and signals that I 've to get on behind him . |
| 26 | I 'll have to write a wee note to say that I 've to come and get you about ten to twelve . |
| 27 | I was pleased with this reflection , and so convoluted is the human mind that I ceased to take pride in my lack of pride and was proud that I had found myself capable of it . |
| 28 | I say I am bored , and that I hope to see him that evening . |
| 29 | I said that I hope to breed the fish in this tank , but at the moment there does not appear to be any indication of willingness to breed on the part of any of the fish . |
| 30 | 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 . |