Example sentences of "[that] i [modal v] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been running through my thoughts so often that I knew it by heart , yet now I was suddenly afraid that I might do the wrong thing ! |
| 2 | I also told John Chaplin that I would inform the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington ( the accident investigation authority in the USA ) of the situation so that there would be no question of action being delayed because of poor communications between the UK and the USA . |
| 3 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |
| 4 | But it is not in the forces involved that I would locate the main divide in Britten 's operas . |
| 5 | Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality . |
| 6 | Pip may have the wealth and social standing of a gentleman though he is a false one whereas Joe lacks both of these though it is he , along with Herbert that I would call the true gentleman of this book . |
| 7 | ‘ I could not have my revenge on those sub-human creatures who actually killed my father , but I swore to myself that I would find the British Judas who had betrayed him and have revenge . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Get out or so help me , I 'll yell so loud that I 'll wake the whole house ! |
| 9 | Guevara begun by saying that I must understand the Cuban revolution . |
| 10 | It seems to me that I must judge the present claim in nuisance by reference to the present character of the neighbourhood pursuant to the planning permission for use of the dockyard as a commercial port . |
| 11 | Please keep praying that I will master the German ways of doing things , that are so different . |
| 12 | I think that I will allow the hon. Gentleman to get on with his speech . |
| 13 | In his inaugural speech , delivered from the union 's headquarters in Washington DC , Carey promised " that I will use the full power of this office to rid this union of mob influence and win this battle for once and for all " . |
| 14 | The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public . |
| 15 | I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested . |
| 16 | Please arrange for the solicitor to come as soon as possible so that I can sign the necessary papers . |
| 17 | There 's an immediacy and drama about it , and the fact that I can control the entire process from pressing the shutter right through to the dry print counts for a lot . |
| 18 | I think that I can satisfy the Hon. |
| 19 | I think that I can satisfy the hon. Gentleman . |
| 20 | When I say that I can see , I mean that I can identify the three-dimensional shapes of objects , and their relative positions : thus , I can see that there is a chair standing in front of a table with a pile of books on it . |
| 21 | ‘ I still believe that I can find the great horse of last year , ’ he declared . |
| 22 | ‘ It really is physically and mathematically impossible , ’ continues Professor James , ‘ to work out the implications of my needs whenever I go into a supermarket unless I happen to know my metabolic rate , what it means in terms of my food needs and how to calculate this information so that I can select the correct diet . ’ |
| 23 | When the result of the canvass was conveyed to me I had no doubt whatever that it had been thorough and honest and that I could command the necessary support in Parliament . |
| 24 | I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks . |
| 25 | He stretched out his arms and then turned slowly so that I could view the recycled Archie from all angles . |
| 26 | It was so close that I could see the tiny ball of silk held between its front pair of legs and its jaws . |
| 27 | We were so close that I could see the unhappy mixture of terror and subservience in his face . |
| 28 | He agreed and said he would train me so that I could take the necessary exams . |
| 29 | I stammered something about not understanding cricket , totally incredulous that anyone should suppose I did understand it , or that I should regard the English side as ‘ we ’ . |
| 30 | Once when I was at school he told me that I should spend the entire summer working on improving my passing off my left hand and my kicking off my left foot . |