Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Even before we 'd exchanged a word , I knew that she would let me do anything I wanted to her . |
2 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
3 | ‘ Do you think that she 'll let me stay for good ? |
4 | And most of all , that you 'll let me stay . |
5 | ‘ I might as well tell you — if only so that you 'll let me go home . ’ |
6 | Promise me that you 'll let me know if the pain returns . |
7 | I understand that you will let me know the date , time and place of their meeting . |
8 | ‘ Julia , I hope that you will let me take you down into Florence for dinner tonight ; if we went early , we could stroll a little first and look at one or two of the best exteriors . ’ |
9 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
10 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
11 | I suggested that he should let me write a version of the press telegram in a more discreet way , trying to keep the reporter 's expectations and hopes . |
12 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |