Example sentences of "[to-vb] that i [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease . |
| 2 | And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man . |
| 3 | On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on . |
| 4 | They can thank whatever devils they happen to worship that I have much gentleness in my soul and am not given to vituperation or excessive polemic . |
| 5 | And he 'd have to put that I remember one man that was counting like this , he used to count them by the three you know . |
| 6 | Yes you have to do that I believe these days too . |
| 7 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 8 | Suffice it to say that I reached this estimate on the basis of the preservation of a vestige of the uterus and as a result of obtaining a chemical reaction for blood from periosteum . |
| 9 | The first reported expression of dissent occurred in Balston Ltd v Headline Filters [ 1987 ] FSR 330 where Scott J at pp347 and 348 said , having quoted from the judgment of Neill LJ in Faccenda , both counsel before me express some reservations about that passage insofar as it suggests that confidential information can not be protected by a suitably worded restrictive convenant binding on an ex-employee unless the information can be regarded as trade secret in the third of the categories described by Goulding J. I am bound to say that I share these reservations . |
| 10 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
| 11 | But I am bound to say that I have some doubts . |
| 12 | It was not at all necessary to say that I hoisted French colours , and therefore took the schooner unawares , or that at the time most of her men were on board of the Indiaman ; the great art in this world is , to know where to leave off , and in nothing more than when people take the pen in their hands . |
| 13 | I have to say that I find this criticism surprising since , as I have already said , the section is in my judgment clear , unambiguous and limited in its scope . |