Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [verb] [that] " in BNC.

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1 But I may want to recognize that just as well as that .
2 As she was a devout Anglican , somewhat callously I may have thought that death to her was not the ‘ end ’ it might be to others .
3 I suppose I ought to have realized that if a boy could do that , then he would n't be open with anyone else .
4 And this means that if on the same grounds I claim today to know that it will rain in the afternoon , I must continue to assert that I knew yesterday that it would rain that afternoon ( in the teeth of the evidence ) .
5 Since I have n't , I must intend to convey that Nigel only has fourteen .
6 If you have gained the impression that you are dealing with a balding manic-depressive axe-wielding lunatic , then I must hasten to add that I am generally regarded as a bit eccentric but quite harmless by my neighbours !
7 I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’
8 At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way .
9 I think I must have realized that Jean-Claude had neither the nerve nor the genuine confidence to take up an appointment in a language he did not speak .
10 I suppose I must have accepted that whatever my parents told me was good and right because I had no reason to think otherwise .
11 I must have recognized that I needed a change ; for no reason short of extreme exhaustion would have induced me to alter my plans with Eliot .
12 I must have known that those were the very advantages I had been denying myself in denying myself food .
13 I must remember to tape that er wa Waller Birds is it ?
14 It clashes with Family Fortunes but I must remember to tape that must n't I ?
15 Professionally , if I felt there was a risk I should want to know that I was clear so I was certain there was no danger of me passing anything on to a patient or a future partner .
16 I should 've said that to Marie — I reckon that would 've been OK .
17 I should 've thought that was pretty plain . ’
18 In supporting the order — one could scarcely do otherwise — I should like to stress that the way forward does not lie merely in improvements in teachers ' pay , necessary though they are .
19 I should like to emphasise that the police national computer is subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984 .
20 I have tried to emphasize the positive in this book , and in that spirit I should like to repeat that the longer term counter to fighting , jealousy and acquisitiveness is to train the child , patiently and repetitively , to share , to wait patiently , to see that pulling hair hurts , to co-operate — in other words to be socially sensitive .
21 However , I should like to repeat that sanctions do exist .
22 Moderator I should like to move that a full stop be placed after the word commentary and that the remainder of the words in the deliverance be deleted .
23 I should like to urge that those persons particularly charged with drafting speeches and statements on United States policy have this problem brought to their attention , so that in any listing of Asiatic countries in whose freedom the United States maintains a continuing interest , Korea may always be included .
24 I should like to say that I recognized his genius .
25 In the light of Farber 's observation , I should like to suggest that if one ‘ has ’ anorexia nervosa , one does not need suicide .
26 Without precipitating the arguments of the rest of the book , I should like to suggest that attempts to make English more scientific , more objective , more masculine , are unlikely to succeed .
27 I should like to think that they evolved together .
28 I should like to think that the Colonel 's sister-in-law ( the daughter of a dean ) to whom he gave dinner at the Café Royal , the Aunt whom he entertained at the Walsingham , and the Uncle whom he nicknamed the Nabob , were really his relations and not figments of his humorous imagination .
29 I should like to think that such rights will be dealt with speedily .
30 But at the same time I should like to show that the speaking is by no means straightforward speech .
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