Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the massacre , he wrote , ‘ All I regret is that any of the sept got away . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What I regret is that we did n't force the bank into this situation 15 months ago when we first approached it over the demerger . |
| 3 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 4 | What I mean is that you will find little use for the basic ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences of block followed by counter-attack . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I suppose what I mean is that Richard is someone I would never have introduced to my parents — and he is someone I had quite a … sexual relationship with . |
| 6 | Of course not , all I mean is that the distance between the charges is very small with respect to some other distance of interest . |
| 7 | any other views on that , I mean is that a , yes |
| 8 | All I mean is that brides are always described as beautiful . ’ |
| 9 | What I mean is that if he gets hit in the body anywhere , any place above his balls , he is dead , no dispute . |
| 10 | Well is that fetching I mean is that a is that the routine that 's picking information back from the lexicon or something ? |
| 11 | I mean is that because that because you 've made that one of the things you want to do , you want to avoid if possible or |
| 12 | No what I mean is that er once the item is in production if you wish to order another hundred drop tanks or another thousand drop tanks if you make that order then approximately one year later you would receive deliveries of those tanks against that order . |
| 13 | ‘ What I mean is that you have already told me , ’ he cut in sharply . |
| 14 | ‘ What I mean is that I wish I could snap my fingers and suddenly there 'd be a band playing some soft , slow music . ’ |
| 15 | What I mean is that I 've finally been forced to admit that the large-animal side of veterinary practice is still controlled by men . |
| 16 | Yeah but would they , what I mean is that there are even for the parents |
| 17 | I know , but what I mean is that when they see the city centre , the people who are walking up and down the city centre , they see all the national charities , they do n't necessarily feel that they 're organised in the same way and therefore that they should be participating , and the whole palaver of getting a licence and applying is actually quite difficult , it 's not a simple , it 's not something , we get numerous telephone calls in the office saying ‘ Well can I go out next Saturday and rattle a tin for such-and-such ’ , and you say ‘ Well , you ca n't ’ , and it 's left much too late , so that people do n't know about the way you get licenses to rattle tins in city centre . |
| 18 | And I mean being that he parked there it was perfect were n't it ? |
| 19 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 20 | What I fear is that A-levels will be diluted without at the same time lengthening degree courses , particularly mathematical ones , to maintain standards . |
| 21 | The point I make is that the the allocations that we are making are not going to solve the problem across the full spectrum of the economy , they are targeted . |
| 22 | ‘ The point I make is that you need not worry . |
| 23 | And the second point I make is that if there are fools who are doing it wrongly then some of you ought to be doing it correctly . |
| 24 | The instructions I got is that no Walkman are allowed in school . |
| 25 | The only one I got was that in his view thirteen and a half was too late for confirmation ; it was best done as a sort of early ‘ double shot ’ — like a jab of cholera with typhoid — along with baptism . |
| 26 | The impression I got was that Leeds started off REALLY well with a totally dominant mid-field , that West Ham started to make a game of it but that the weather got worse & worse and the game just degenerated . |
| 27 | The message I got was that the last few days it did n't matter a bugger what it cost but we were in desperate straights to get in stock . |
| 28 | our congregation yesterday and erm the feeling I got was that erm we could n't support a minister ourselves , and we 're and , well at least the congregation think that they 're there entirely to help Salisbury Park . |
| 29 | I am saying Mr Major , as Prime Minister , if someone in my position is saying I believe , I believe , there is the best opportunity here for lasting peace , by which I mean a total cessation of violence , the least I expect is that you should listen to what I have to say . |
| 30 | He noticed the one bagpiper like I did , and what I say is that we were meant to . |