Example sentences of "i [vb base] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting on the resignations , he said : ‘ I regret that certain people were unable to accept the majority decision of the executive . |
| 2 | I , hope , too , that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will address the technical problems of billing , particularly carry-over yearly billing , to avoid current confusion with many charge payers , because I regret that separate billing has not increased accountability . |
| 3 | I contend that such Biros employ an advanced form of camouflage . |
| 4 | ' I contend that these crowds spontaneously generate from microscopic spores which constantly drift about in our atmosphere , awaiting the perfect conditions in which to briefly flourish . |
| 5 | I mean that each image tries to express something that belongs to millions of people . ’ |
| 6 | I mean that that couple of blokes |
| 7 | Though , as he agreed in throwing Coe overboard while Barry and I were reported , virtually , by the select committee , to be on an equality , I fear that personal feelings together with hostility to my style , had an even stronger influence . |
| 8 | I fear that such risks will be taken by the government here too . |
| 9 | First my father 's plans for my marrying a French princess , precluded my offering you anything more than a clandestine attachment — and now , with the future so uncertain , I fear that clandestine attachment and French princess are each as remote as the other . |
| 10 | ‘ If not , then I fear that this paperback edition will come and it will be sold on a very large scale and will be smuggled to other countries where it is banned and will be read in translation , ’ Mr Chisti said . |
| 11 | Therefore I fear that this light will not long endure . ’ |
| 12 | So I fear that some doubt may be placed in the minds of hon. Members about the cause of the shooting that resulted in the death of the young man that the right hon. Gentleman referred to . |
| 13 | I stress that any person wishing to operate buses must have a PSV operator 's licence issued by the traffic commissioner , who has to be satisfied that the person is of good repute and financial standing and has adequate facilities to maintain the vehicles in a roadworthy condition . |
| 14 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I stress that any company can reveal what it paid , but it is a matter for the company . |
| 15 | I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late . |
| 16 | ‘ I make that one game all , ’ Graham said with evident satisfaction . |
| 17 | I trust that this review has helped at least somewhat to lighten that load . |
| 18 | I hate that black velvet on the chairs and sofa . |
| 19 | And I concede that any curriculum aiming to cover the theoretical and general aspects of a subject will have to be developed with care . |
| 20 | After tonight , I realise that real life is what matters . |
| 21 | I do hope that it will be possible for you to participate in this exercise , even though I realise that many demands are made on people 's time . |
| 22 | Watching her sleep , however , is not the most stimulating experience I 've had of late , although I realise that certain New York film-makers would have shot ten solid reels of it and begged for more . |
| 23 | Have nasty moment in bathroom before I realise that recycled bog paper is full of eccentric imperfections . |
| 24 | I expect that experienced knitter will have tried most , if not all , of these but I know that there are lots of new knitters who have not . |
| 25 | I expect that most readers are in the 20–30 age group . |
| 26 | And I expect that same thing happens with the work related one , that because you 're never at work on your own , or hardly ever at work on your own , and the same thing when you started , you were n't ever on your own , you could say to people , am I doing it right . |
| 27 | BUYER : I expect that this upholstery will be difficult to clean . |
| 28 | Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham , valet-butler to Sir James Chambers , and Mr John Donalds , valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson . |
| 29 | Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years . |
| 30 | I say that this type of equipment is necessary because until we can be sure all major rockets and missiles have gone , there will always be a chance of such offensive capabilities ‘ falling into the wrong hands ’ and that may result in terrible consequences . |