Example sentences of "that i [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | And that looked pretty funny like and it fell down a couple of days ago and maybe a pretty while afore that I du n no . |
2 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
3 | I thought that it was probably some stupid village prank , but that I 'd better get in as soon as possible in case something odd was happening . |
4 | I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting . |
5 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
6 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
7 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
8 | But if , say , they use £ 10-worth of it right away , £10-worth three weeks later , and save the final £10-worth until they 've paid off the check ‘ so that I do n't owe anyone ’ , the true rate of interest works out at about 400 per cent . |
9 | I do know that I do n't go along with the belief that the Soviets always trail the West in technological advancement . |
10 | I was nice about it at first and said that business and pleasure do n't mix ; and that I do n't go out with married men and so on . ’ |
11 | " Now you knew very well , Mr. Middlemass , that I do n't go into the gents ' cloakroom , not in working hours . |
12 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
13 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’ |
14 | I 'm not doing anything here — and it 's making her upset that I do n't go home . |
15 | It 's not that I do n't wann it . |
16 | Still , it showed 'e 's got 'is good points , an' that I do n't 'ave to clip 'is ear every day . ’ |
17 | But , so that I do n't bankrupt the parish , I do a bit of teaching at St Veep 's and the odd session for Gilbert . |
18 | Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum |
19 | ’ All he asks of me , ’ George would say , ’ is that I do n't land on his carpet . ’ |
20 | You should be glad that I do n't give you false looks or smiles . |
21 | The other thing that is important is that I do n't think you can get anything on the cheap . |
22 | I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast . |
23 | ‘ I suppose I mean that I do n't think I ought to have them . ’ |
24 | He 's so intelligent that I do n't think he would even take his glasses off before doing it . |
25 | My reservation is that I do n't think the game could sustain it . |
26 | By that I do n't mean he could n't have been responsible for their deaths , I just mean that I do n't think he 's on speaking terms with his conscience . |
27 | Erm it 's quite clear there 's going to be no more new money for patient care and without that I do n't think we 're going to get the increase in quality of service but that we actually need . |
28 | and , and Northbrooks ever since it was built right next door to me when I was living there er , many years ago and er get the , the new development done , and so that I do n't think we should hold on . |
29 | Stu , I mean I live in Glasgow , the chances of me leaving Glasgow are pro , pre pretty slim but yeah , I certainly do n't want to stay in Scotland because of any loyalty , that I do n't think it 's given me very much other than a lot of experience , a lot of struggle , a lot of opportunities to stand alongside working class people and fight against , you know , the injustices . |
30 | Yeah yeah that 's a good one that I do n't think that one came up either last time . |