Example sentences of "and [verb] that i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He sent it to several publishers and recommended that I accept an offer from Norton , a fairly up-market American book firm .
2 The specialist diagnosed an ‘ inflamed pubic bone ’ and recommended that I wear an athletic support for sport .
3 The executives agreed and asked that I act as the facilitator .
4 The GP visited again 10 days after his first call and asked that I continue to review the wound regularly and alter the dressings as necessary .
5 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
6 I 'm gon na ring them up and say that I 've found her !
7 And say that I 've busted my bra strap !
8 I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time .
9 I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast .
10 When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness .
11 I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably .
12 Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now .
13 I shall try and ensure that I reach the aspirations of the people and that I let no one down . ’
14 He talks of my ‘ reticence and charm ’ and says that I looked like an ‘ office-worker ’ !
15 Moreover , it would appear that the difference is that the latter sentence expresses my belief that I have the belief that it is raining , and says that I have the belief that it is raining , and does not express the belief that it is raining or say that it is raining .
16 Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible .
17 In the end , my knitting was getting so chewed with all the knitting and unravelling that I took it off on waste yarn .
18 Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat .
19 When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one .
20 And it is some of those shared beliefs and concerns that I intend to address this evening :
21 It is an autumnal sign and one in which the ‘ balance ’ might be tipped one way or another , and in sexuality could hover between male and female , with one sexual scale dipping then the other rising obediently and almost passively , distantly , independently , in an alternation of identities and desires that I knew so well .
22 I must move on , because there are one or two other points and safeguards that I want to mention .
23 of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success .
24 So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption .
25 ‘ Please try and remember that I did n't create the situation you 're in but I do have more experience of it than you do .
26 Shades of my father , I thought , but replied amicably : ‘ Because I enjoy it , and remember that I do n't work at it the whole year , so I do n't get bored . ’
27 Each of the parties recognises and acknowledges that I act as expert and as expert will , in carrying out my duties hereunder and in determination of any dispute referred to me , act in a quasi-judicial capacity .
28 It did n't help that I had to call my father ‘ uncle ’ and Eric and Paul ‘ cousins ’ ; this was my father 's idea of trying to fool the policeman about my parentage in case Diggs did any asking around and discovered that I did n't exist officially .
29 As we walked to the restaurant I felt miserable , foreseeing argument and dissent and wishing that I possessed the charm and the experienced polish to ease the tension between these people .
30 I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights .
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