Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosemarie had gone to see the film with her mum and dad — and let them know straight away that she was n't impressed with its factual accuracy . |
| 2 | Having given you food for thought , I 'd like to move on to a discussion of the criteria and can I say right now that I think it would be right and proper to limit our discussion this morning to the criteria . |
| 3 | You must never allow yourself to be crowded out , neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary . |
| 4 | ‘ When we say a person is responsible for what he does we mean not just that he was the agent … we also say that the act reflects ( back ) on the agent , ’ writes David Wood ( 1973 , p. 191 ) . |
| 5 | I tried an abortive term at Durham University Drama Department and that made me realise even more that I wanted the real thing ; by then I had , in any case , worked the AIM stint and I did n't need theory ; I wanted practice . |
| 6 | He kissed her with suppressed violence , then let her go so abruptly that she almost lost balance . |
| 7 | He let her go so suddenly that she almost fell . |
| 8 | ‘ Dammit to hell , ’ he cursed , letting her go abruptly so that she fell back on the bed in an untidy heap . |
| 9 | I denied homosexual inclinations but he still made me bend down so that he could inspect my behind with a wooden spatula . |
| 10 | Can it have changed much — or did it rain so pre-emptively that he can not have noticed the lovely inlets at Isleornsay , their green banked lands sloping to soft-coloured waters ? |
| 11 | If that man is out there and he is innocent then please would he come forward so that we can eliminate him from the inquiry |
| 12 | Let me say straight away that I am far from being a male chauvinist ( many of my girlfriends over the years have been females ) , indeed the very first person to introduce me to canoeing was Marianne Tucker who subsequently represented England in the 1960 Olympics . |
| 13 | Now I have been digressing and let me say quite clearly that I never knew the answer and I do not know it now , how the tremendously high level of morale was sustained , not just in the Pathfinders , but throughout the Command as a whole . |