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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [that] [pers pn] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war .
2	I realised that I needed something that was a bit more active and fairly creative , preferably something that included both sexes .
3	‘ I realised that I needed someone strong who was next to me and she is it , ’ says Sacha .
4	Automatically I checked that I had plenty of fuel myself .
5	Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this .
6	Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father .
7	In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting .
8	Returning to Reine that afternoon , I caught sight of Jean-Claude slipping into the dark urban cleft that was the rue de Sèvres , and I noticed that I felt nothing , neither curi-osity nor apprehension .
9	I hope that they got something out of it .
10	‘ I hope that you have something worth saying , ’ she said .
11	But neither can I claim that I had anything to do with it .
12	This is why I know that you need someone like me to explain about competition .
13	I remember that he liked one in celebration of wool ; another was of everything brown or gray , for which I had arranged a large collection of natural objects , of woven and blockprinted textiles , pots , and beautiful bowls and boxes made of wood .
14	Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery .
15	I supported it partly on the recommendation of the warden of the teachers ' centre and partly because I felt that they needed something positive because of the merger .
16	Now I felt that I wanted nothing else in the world but to be allowed to read this dismal grammar all winter .
17	I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night .
18	Nevertheless , I knew that I needed something far beyond that which could be offered by the NHS .
19	I thought that they appointed somebody in charge .
20	‘ I agree that we do nothing .
21	‘ We did try , Sir John , but he obstinately refused to confide in us though I agree that he knew something .
22	We play to lots of kids who like The Jam and I think that they hear something like ‘ English Rose ’ and I believe that they go in and look for something deeper .
23	Grosvenor House has traditionally been both an exhibition and a fair it is not just about the exchange of money with this American theme , I admit that we draw something of a blank .
24	The statement ‘ I notice that you have nothing to review for the next number ’ could only have been written by him .
25	Now I see that I know nothing , only I must not say so for I should lose the good opinion of my neighbours and they would no longer trust me with money for my experiments .
26	Did , did you know that we have one there now ?
27	As the years stumbled by she found that she had nothing much to say to anybody .
28	She says that they took everything , £200 plus all her jewellery .
29	From the way his eyes kept darting to and fro she guessed that he had something more important to say and that he was waiting until Eleanor was safely out of sight and earshot .
30	She had lean flanks and no tummy , and I could see from the way her breasts moved slightly when she walked that she wore nothing underneath her blouse ; I also had the feeling that she knew instantly that I knew .