Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [v-ing] [that] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them showing that they can be trusted to write and sometimes ' produce good music . |
| 2 | She felt like that fish caught by the curlew , one part of her praying that he would spit her out again , the other , perversely , longing for him to swallow her up . |
| 3 | For instance , Skipper was not impressed with my suggesting that he should stand still while I got on and wait until I asked before moving off . |
| 4 | She pairs with him assuming that he will help her rear the young . |
| 5 | Very often , an act has a clause in it saying that it will take effect only when an order is issued by the appropriate Secretary of State . |
| 6 | Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice . |
| 7 | A plaintive Beatles love song poured all over them proclaiming that you could n't buy love . |
| 8 | Yes , Mr Chairman it seems to me regarding that you could drive a double deckered bus through the legislation , and |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend see what he can do to help some children in my constituency , who came to me saying that they would like access to present-day artists such as Yehudi Menuhin , Cliff Richard and Jason Donovan and other , younger stars ? |
| 10 | I overheard the man next to me saying that he would have to use a chest harness as he had broken his ankles twice . |
| 11 | Axelrod had already begun to think in ESS terms , but I felt that this tendency was so important that I wrote to him suggesting that he should get in touch with W. D. Hamilton , who was then , though Axelrod did n't know it , in a different department of the same university , the University of Michigan . |
| 12 | I 've just found a note to myself saying that you 'd like a Harrap 's French-English Tin Tin au Pays des Mots — written at Christmas . |
| 13 | Further to Neil 's Memo to you of the 24th June , I am sorry to say that Newport Borough Council came back to us saying that they could not meet with us on Friday 24th July after all . |
| 14 | ‘ I told them I was leaving after the first gig and it was this bloke from Dik Dik Dimorphic who was going on at me saying that I should n't leave . |
| 15 | ‘ I only painted what I saw , ’ he answered and she had again that sudden , stupid stab of fear and pushed his handkerchief at him saying that she must go , she was late . |