Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been polite , and he 'd been too quick to imagine that it might signify something more . |
| 2 | As I hinted parenthetically following the quotation from Clark , it seems perverse for him to insist that we must choose one at the expense of the other . |
| 3 | It was obvious to her that her niece already had the strength and resolution to ensure that she would make something of her life . |
| 4 | Perhaps you would like to verify that you can understand something of the organisation using this form of documentation . |
| 5 | In their study of civic culture in 1959 , Almond and Verba repeatedly noted that the better educated in all five countries that they studied were more likely to participate in the political process , and to believe that they could do something to change laws which they felt were unjust through the conventional channels of political participation . |
| 6 | Something that starts out so tiny must have a lot of faith to believe that it can become something big . |
| 7 | I did n't really blame you for not wanting me to come near you , but it was n't a particularly pleasant experience to realise that I 'd put someone I 'd loved through such an appalling time . |
| 8 | There are limits to what they can say in explaining their beliefs , the sort of limits which we tend to accept when imagining the constraints upon giving a blind person some understanding of what the world looks like ( although , as said , it would be wrong to suppose that we could communicate nothing in such circumstances ) . |
| 9 | You had no reason to suppose that I would allow anyone — or anything — to interfere with my work . ’ |
| 10 | oi Touch my sort out the Like to think that we can afford something like this . |
| 11 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
| 12 | It is enough to mount a convincing argument , in this instance by someone who is prepared to get dirty hands for her convictions ; which is not to say that she must convince everyone . |
| 13 | It does not exclude anything ; but that is not to say that it can attain everything . |
| 14 | I 'm quite sure that it was a sort of catalyst for him , to prove that he could do something like that . ’ |
| 15 | Many clients like to shop around before they commit themselves to a solicitor and like to feel that they can find something out about you before they are committed to the payment of fees . |