Example sentences of "i [verb] that [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
| 2 | In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee . |
| 3 | I assumed that even if the words were n't actually pronounced , one sensed it . |
| 4 | It did cross my mind that she might actually get across the damn thing and hit land before the wind dropped , but I reckoned that even if that happened I had done my best , and honour was satisfied . |
| 5 | I suspect that rather than looking north , the people of the north-east will look south and say , ’ Hang on , why are they only paying such a small amount in the midlands or south when people to the north of us , who are experiencing the full generosity of the Labour party 's form of government , are paying much more ? ’ |
| 6 | And I suspect that even if you replace these people in positions of power you ca n't replace human nature . |
| 7 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am not sure if this will reach you and I know that even if it does you will not reply . |
| 8 | There have been times when I felt that our family was disintegrating , and while I know that more than one in three marriages fails , that does not make watching your own children admit their unhappiness any easier for them or for you . |
| 9 | This is why I maintain that both when and how these funds will be spent is closely bound up with the question of morality . |
| 10 | I confess that more than once I came near to tears , eyes as misted as the beautiful stage setting of Günther Schneider-Siemssen . |
| 11 | I figured that rather than have a tape and a black and white photo , I would have a CD that would be in colour . |
| 12 | I remember that well because someone was practising the organ and light drifted across the churchyard in coloured bands through stained-glass windows . |
| 13 | I find that absolutely because you know my stories I can only write so much and then I stop and think about then and then I write some more . |
| 14 | We seldom discussed politics but I knew that even though they belonged officially to a Fascist organization their sentiments were more inclined to the local brand of Communism . |
| 15 | I argue that even if only one process were involved , the outcome would depend on conditions and , since conditions vary , so must the behavioural outcome . |
| 16 | I thought that just because I had money , I would somehow be accepted more . |
| 17 | Erm now in my wisdom I I thought that obviously considering we 're now classed as incident stewards the o the thing to do was to put the certificates up in a prominent place so that everybody who visited the site knew who were the incident stewards were . |
| 18 | If you do that , then I think that even though your own values are bound to be in it a bit , they wo n't be in it in a way that makes the work useless or makes it appear hopefully prejudiced to someone else . |
| 19 | I have nothing against the monarchy , in principle , erm I think that perhaps if we had our own parliament in Scotland and had the Queen as a head of state , as do Australia , Canada , and all the commonwealth countries , that would be fine . |
| 20 | You , you apologized for lateness the only thing I wonder on there is er you know it 's ea it 's easy enough to say that you did n't actually sort of clarify the time that you were gon na be there , you just accepted that you were late erm but I mean that 's a you know ju just a point I wonder that rather than apologizing straight of all , straight , straight away if you knew you were late then that was one thing that perhaps you could 've got that in the initial greeting . |
| 21 | I learned that even if you pay the mortgage on your home and your husband contributes nothing to bills , you can not legally lock him out of the matrimonial home . |
| 22 | In the room the radio was playing Hungarian folk dance music and I learned that often while they work music is introduced ; as Cizek says , " Rhythm involuntarily turns into work . " |
| 23 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 24 | I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it . |
| 25 | You gave me to understand that even if you had not had your accident you would almost certainly not have come to France to see him at the end . ’ |
| 26 | It amazed me to think that even though the gay bar had been situated up those dark stairs for many years , the straight men downstairs managed to keep up the impetus so that no queen should pass without an insult . |