Example sentences of "[verb] that they [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Now the audit industry was in favour of that at the time because it saw itself as able to get its fingers into local authority audit so they were prepared to accept that they could do it then , it 's only now er when it 's proposed on what 's been their traditional prerogatives , they er er they audit of banks and private sector er er companies that they balk at the proposition and say ooh it 's horrendous we ca n't do it .
2 They need to know that they can give you your professional , their professional attention they will not make it compulsively , the majority party of what went wrong this is you were no longer the majority party .
3 It was expected that they would interview him later today .
4 When I say that parents will receive this information , I must make it clear that it will not be available on application to those parents who realise that they can obtain it .
5 I know that they combine a macho enthusiasm for selective violence with a rigid adherence to middle-class morality , but you are n't seriously suggesting that they 'll suspect me of cutting Paul 's throat because I go to bed with his wife ?
6 ‘ We never expected that they would attack us from behind — from Ethiopia , ’ said Dr Justin Arop , SPLA representative in Nairobi .
7 The military blocked everyone in on campus and the police announced that they could shoot you without asking questions .
8 He says that they should leave it as it is .
9 When her father formed the view that the car he and her mother had bought her for her eighteenth birthday was more roadworthy than Cara 's outwardly smart but inwardly not so clever vehicle , it was decided that they would use her regularly serviced Volkswagen Polo for the trip .
10 Donleavy had thought seriously about the chance encounter with Hurley , and , on balance , had decided that they might turn it to account , although …
11 In my view , the steps that the Government have taken , and are proposing to take , will in no way diminish the handling of the cases ; indeed , I hope that they will speed it up and make it more effective and efficient .
12 Whenever I see coloured people in Porteneil , buying souvenirs or stopping off for a snack , I hope that they will ask me something so that I can show how polite I am and prove that my reasoning is stronger than my more crass instincts , or training .
13 Erm th there 's just a comment I 'd like to make that they have said that they would place it on that figure report on our .
14 They have said that they would order it , they have said that they would not order it , and they have even suggested that they would order it and send it to sea without any weapons .
15 The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past .
16 It shows that they must have it and that an exception is not improbable but impossible .
17 Ca n't you see that they might find it worthwhile to bend the truth and sit on justice when there 's so much at stake ? ’
18 In a recent survey of consultant staff supervising preregistration house officers in Yorkshire 79% admitted that they had had no training in educational method , yet three quarters stated that they would like it .
19 If the authorities read that they 'd put me on the next bus to [ name of border area ] and keep me there .
20 Furthermore they know that they can trust him because he will not filch money from the common agricultural policy , as Labour would do , to use it for other purposes .
21 Police indicated that they would charge him under Zimbabwe 's Law and Order Maintenance Act for a statement he issued on Monday accusing the government of ‘ state terrorism ’ against students .
22 ‘ If you go round saying that they 'll have you locked up in a padded cell . ’
23 And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats .
24 The Rosenblooms had long known that they could take her with them anywhere in society .
25 The regions are far too big and complex to be handled from Detroit and even if they were foolish enough to believe that they could do it more effectively — which they ca n't — they would be crazy to try . ’
26 It seems an almost impossible target , but the management people believe that they can achieve it .
27 whereas people they reckon that they can do it , they can do the whole lot for eighteen hundred
28 There are some who never come to our House of Prayer for various reasons — prayer is not important in their lives , work or social life is more important , people who feel that they can go it alone with no need for God , others who feel that life is too full to have time for God , some who think that religion is a waste of time , and there are people , both young and old , who are intimidated by their friends .
29 The incomer might not agree to any existing house rules or feel that they can ignore them because they were not party to them initially .
30 Do you think women feel that they can approach you more easily than they would a male director ?
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