Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 2 | In everyday language we used phrases such as ‘ he behaved inappropriately ’ or ‘ she should know that she ca n't wear trousers here ’ , or even ‘ it 's not cricket ! ’ |
| 3 | She did n't because the moment was not right ; she did not yet know that she could not plead from her position of privilege that she had suffered too — ‘ So you want to annex our wrongs as well , do you ? ’ he might well have answered to her in just bitterness . |
| 4 | She said in a tone of simple surprise , ‘ Do n't you know that you ca n't love someone without being hurt ? ’ |
| 5 | Erm and all we ask is that if you if you 've said you 're coming to do a session , that you do actually turn up and if you ca n't then if you can telephone us as early as possible to let us know that you ca n't make it , that 's not a problem . |
| 6 | They do n't really know that you ca n't catch it like that . |
| 7 | cos Jenny did n't even know that you could bloody put on weight by drinking . |
| 8 | Unless one presumed to know God 's purposes , how could one know that He might not achieve them by varying the quantity of motion ? |
| 9 | Did everyone know that he could n't read ? |
| 10 | We do know that he could n't have used a beehive . |
| 11 | ‘ They did n't know that he could n't have drawn a proper furrow let alone a real good 'un if he had n't got his owd pipe a-drawin' in his mouth ! |
| 12 | Now that he has had to admit to one serious mistake , he must know that he can not afford another . |
| 13 | But I do n't know that I shall ever make much use of these languages . " |
| 14 | I did n't mean to do it and you must know that I would n't stoop so low — ’ |
| 15 | Do n't you know that I would never hurt you ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No one likes playing in the reserves and everyone at Sunderland should know that I would always give 100 per cent . ’ |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman will know that I can not comment on what he said about taxation . |
| 18 | I do not know the answer , but I do know that I 'd rather win or lose . |
| 19 | But every coin has a flip side ; although we might be better equipped to maintain health , we should recognise that we can not stem the effects of time . |
| 20 | If that is how we still feel , then we must recognise that we can only think this way because the Enemy is not threatening us . |
| 21 | The current government must recognise that it can not continue to go down the line of an individualist anxiety- ridden state , of competitive individuals where the poor and disabled are left to starve on city streets . |
| 22 | She made me promise that I would n't tell you who I was until you said you loved me . |
| 23 | You need to be ‘ with it ’ , because you can never guarantee that you wo n't have a launch failure or end up in a field instead of back where you started . |
| 24 | The 14 year old 's solicitor insists the magistrates had no option but to impose a supervision order , but he ca n't guarantee that he wo n't reoffend . |
| 25 | Erm , I think it , it , in the , obviously to , to support er , the , the that the building going ahead , erm will mean that the case at erm Stansted will be er containable to enabling passengers even if they are passengers erm it will be , will be absorb the public needs o of the area and the runners be erm arrived at after many , many er , er years Council planning erm does think that we ca n't contain that and er it would be possible to resist these rescued if we can remain at the figures that erm have been out at Stansted . |
| 26 | But we do not like to admit that we masturbate , because people might think that we can not get ourselves a man or a woman of our own . |
| 27 | I do indeed think that we can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus , since the early Christian sources show no interest in either , are moreover fragmentary and often legendary . |
| 28 | I do not think that we should either underestimate or understate the magnitude of its consequences . |
| 29 | I do not think that you would actually choke however . |
| 30 | Some may think that you can not argue — far less , analyse — what is morally right : it is just a matter of personal feeling or common sense . |