Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ OK , well I 'll just confirm that Bell is definitely worth a look . |
| 2 | I could also see that Mala was near to exploding , which might have been disastrous . |
| 3 | I was a little disappointed , but I could only hope that Celia was still a bit hazy from the drugs . |
| 4 | I could only imagine that Brian had managed to loosen his hands . |
| 5 | I would never claim that Auschwitz-Birkenau-Monowitz was good to look at . |
| 6 | I shall simply say that Lord Hailsham 's ‘ little ewe lamb ’ has not in practice proved to be the liberalising measure which he had hoped . |
| 7 | He is surrounded by a cast of variously eccentric characters , from her beefcake boyfriend ( I can well imagine that Kevin Kline stole the show in that part ) to his secretly fanatic prospective sponsor ( Imogene Coca , relishing every word of ‘ Repent ’ ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I can just see that Kim Bassinger falling for you , ’ I told him . |
| 9 | I can exclusively reveal that Britain 's Grand Prix hero last night secretly agreed to a multi-million-pound link-up with film star Paul Newman 's red-hot team . |
| 10 | I can exclusively reveal that Gail Robinson , our Associate Editor , shares a birthday with Rod Stewart and somebody called Ethan Allan . |
| 11 | When I listen to him now , gung-ho for Delorsism , I can only reflect that Saul on the road to Damascus was nothing compared to Neil on the autoroute to Brussels . |
| 12 | We have heard on the television that there will be another and there are lots of people who are in , in absolute despair , because of what happened to their houses and their properties and their furniture and everything else and I think it is only right and proper and I can only say that West Sussex County Council has by so many people that it has |
| 13 | ‘ Well , if it is indeed she , ’ came another , harder voice , ‘ I can only say that Rose Alderley is most tiresome . |
| 14 | I THINK I can safely say that Peter Greenaway 's latest film will do nothing to increase the appreciation of food in this country . |
| 15 | By contrast , the consequences and so competences , and hence the adequacies or inadequacies , of natural selection , especially for long-run effects , were practically impossible to decide , at least for a finite intellect ; although the young Darwin himself could consistently suppose that God in choosing this means for adapting life to a changing earth had foreseen all its consequences . |
| 16 | The scene went perfectly and watching the film you might never suspect that Lee was in fact very drunk . |
| 17 | Whether you come to expand your waist , see the sights or go shopping , you 'll soon realise that Frankfurt is a lot more than just another business city — Frankfurt is fun . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll find an oilskin jacket in the locker at the foot of the stairs , ’ I said , ‘ and you 'll also discover that Ellen has left a Thermos of coffee on the stove , and I like mine without sugar but with milk . |
| 19 | ‘ Then you 'll also know that Zimbala has been a one-party state since it was granted independence by the French forty-five years ago . ’ |
| 20 | She could also see that Pete McCarthy and his waitress had just arrived . |
| 21 | She knew that if Phoebe needed her , if she could even imagine that Phoebe might ever need her , she would have no problem , no problem at all , dealing with Fenna . |
| 22 | She could only hope that Alison 's appointment in London might have something to do with happier news in this connection . |
| 23 | She could only pray that Dana had come to her senses and had left before they arrived at Garry 's hide-out . |
| 24 | She was being carried at considerably over the legal speed-limit towards an unknown destination — and quite possibly what a Victorian heroine would have regarded as a ‘ fate worse than death ’ , since she could hardly imagine that Luke had gone to the trouble of virtually kidnapping her in order to spend a quiet weekend playing Scrabble . |
| 25 | You could even say that Bert was embarrassed . |
| 26 | You could even say that Milton 's rejecting the future in this speech and saying I label sin what is going to become , if you have prophetic powers , new kind of ethic . |
| 27 | As Michael Codron recalled : ‘ You could never say that Kenneth was ever happy . |
| 28 | To do so will effectively set a precedent for other dischargers who will soon discover that McDonald 's is operating at an advantage . |
| 29 | You will already know that Henry Moore does not himself chip away at his piece of stone … ’ |
| 30 | But you will certainly know that Kevin Maxwell is another who has ‘ sent for George ’ . |