Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay there realising that it was not true , but also realising something else . |
| 2 | But this is to anticipate the argument ; for the moment I want only to observe that a conception of the self as socially and/or metaphysically constituted produces one idea of transgression , and that of the self as ideally ( if not actually ) unified and autonomous , quite another . |
| 3 | I want only to suggest that however closely those match , however complete they are , therefore , in the pairs they form , they all also work as imagines of the writer 's relation to language , now confident , now uncertain , now lonely , now roistering and so on . |
| 4 | I stand here , I am not a perfect minister because I am over forty I 've got children that are not too awkward but erm , could be awkward and , I have n't a spouse ah and ah I stand here saying that I 'm not good at everything I 'm good with young people , I 'm not o only good with old people I try to do my best . |
| 5 | I remember once reading that the evangelist A. A. Allen had taught that there was a nicotine demon ! |
| 6 | ‘ Now I 'm in the voucher scheme I feel safer knowing that the council has looked at the people it employs , and if there 's any difficulty I can go to Joan [ the manager ] . ’ |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | I do rather feel that the Montagues and Capulets music is a little too hectic , but the other episodes are beautifully managed . |
| 9 | However , I do strongly suspect that he could change my perspective of reality so as to make it extremely difficult not to attack the person . |
| 10 | While I fully accept that the poor have become a cause by which many politicians and intellectuals can further their personal ambitions , I do nevertheless find that the Hayekian case is deficient . |
| 11 | Mr Johnston said : ‘ I do honestly think that the proposals the Government has brought forward seriously endanger the fabric of our social existence . |
| 12 | Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me told that if things were not sorted out by tomorrow , the company would cease trading and I do really fear that this is the end . |
| 13 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
| 14 | I do not say that in any criticism of the existing police authorities , my experience as Home Secretary I have to admit now some ten years ago was that on the whole they did a very good job , but I do now accept that the importance of law and order today demands a broad approach and possibly some new ideas . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm an optimist and I do truly believe that Eldorado is a good idea and that it will work . |
| 16 | It may well be that they 're doing it , with er other ways of doing it and er that 's , that 's discussion , but I do actually think that there is sometimes something to be said , and I think a group can say it more easily than individual , is if you want something done , do it , but do n't come along and complain . |
| 17 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 18 | I do so hope that you never fall prey to any of the crippling diseases within our society because maybe then you will come to appreciate the need for these experiments . |
| 19 | I do so to ensure that the credit for these accounts , which I would suggest give rise to cautious satisfaction though not for over-optimism , should go to my predecessor as Treasurer — QC . |
| 20 | I do indeed think that we can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus , since the early Christian sources show no interest in either , are moreover fragmentary and often legendary . |
| 21 | I wish we were having a picnic , and that it was hot , and I do indeed wish that we were all together ; though even if I were to hold the whole world against my chest , it would probably save us from very little . |
| 22 | I think generally speaking that would er formalise and er increase the er way in which markets and boot sales operated . |
| 23 | I think just to answer that the , the pitch , because obviously I looked into this , and tried to get a reduction , |
| 24 | ‘ I 've already said that this was Dominic 's first appearance at a Circle function . |
| 25 | I 've already said that the neck feels wonderful , but the good vibes do n't stop there . |
| 26 | I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me . |
| 27 | I 've already said that I would . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ In any case , I 've already said that I do n't want to fight any more with anybody . |
| 29 | I 've already said that women in work , that 's where they 're losing out . |
| 30 | I 've already revealed that I started out in a donkey jacket , but I should add that it took me at least ten years to get a decent kit . |