Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I mean to say , ’ replied Robert , ‘ is that I feel I need to know where I stand . ’ |
| 2 | But , because she knew nothing of the business , I insisted that she let me handle things . |
| 3 | She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea . |
| 4 | I 'll give you my home telephone number , and if you do n't find them until after I 've returned , and you 're not successful in persuading Suzie to go back to England , all I ask is that you let me know where I can contact her . |
| 5 | If there is still no news in the morning , I recommend that you let me supply a professional bodyguard and review your personal security . ’ |
| 6 | And not the least wonderful thing is that you let me follow my star , and encourage me and help me ; so many women would n't . |
| 7 | So we really do have to fight fiercely , and to do that , of course , erm one of the things that we do I think most effectively is to bring waves of foreign journalists here to write about how beautiful erm Britain is and indeed into your area , into the Oxford area , erm we 've got the Canadian T V crew coming next week , who 'll be filming and erm making erm documentary films for Canadian T V , which should be screened fairly quickly . |
| 8 | Whether it was ever verified that we did I doubt . |
| 9 | So I usually leave a er sheet of paper on the table and if you 're , if you 're interested in getting a free brochure what I shall do at the end of the course is to send this off er together with one of the cards that they let me have and er in due time you 'll get a free Saga magazine . |
| 10 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |
| 11 | I waited to see her face tense as if it was an airtight balloon on a stick ; never mind that it made me choke somewhere in my chest . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ When we play like that it makes me wonder why we are in the wrong half of the table . |
| 13 | The magazine folded and we all got drunk on Bulgarian wine and I made a speech about going out to penetrate the government and cut the arteries of the police state right at its heart — you need Bulgarian wine to say things like that it makes me faint to think of it now . |