Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [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 | She pairs with him assuming that he will help her rear the young . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A plaintive Beatles love song poured all over them proclaiming that you could n't buy love . |
| 6 | Yes , Mr Chairman it seems to me regarding that you could drive a double deckered bus through the legislation , and |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | I overheard the man next to me saying that he would have to use a chest harness as he had broken his ankles twice . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |