Example sentences of "[pers pn] [that] [pron] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want to take control of the situation , but it is no use hon. Members like the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West telling me that we should have a conference and then table a Bill and that would be the end of the matter . |
| 2 | I 'd like a piana from you for Christmas or if you can not get me that I would like a bike . |
| 3 | I felt honoured by the kindness of one or two of your congregation , who happen to be members of the committee , in having written to assure me that I would receive a speedy and unanimous Call , if I would only consent to accept it . |
| 4 | It never occurred to me that I might become a poet — partly because there were no books in the damp little prefab where we lived . |
| 5 | oh , give me that I 'll have a bit of it thank you |
| 6 | ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure ! |
| 7 | The American authorities told me that I should make a general election law and arrange that the Korean people rule themselves . |
| 8 | And they told me that I can have a job back there any time I want . ’ |
| 9 | And you told me that she used to use a crochet hook . |
| 10 | Semenov promised me that he would have a word at the highest level , with Yury Vladimirovich Andropov . |
| 11 | It seems to me that you should leave a little time for romance . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have written to the chairmen of all the big banks to tell them that we will run a campaign to urge all students to boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme . |
| 13 | How cast his shadow over the imaginations of their daughters before their squires beget upon them that they might breed a race less ignoble than their own ? |
| 14 | Companies bidding for franchises must satisfy them that they will broadcast a sufficient proportion of ‘ quality ’ programming , a fair enough requirement perhaps , given the limitless temptations to pander to the lowest common denominator . |
| 15 | But God in his mercy showed them that he would accept a substitute — the death of an animal , perfect and blameless , instead of the offender . |
| 16 | If you do n't tell them that you 'll want a deposit cheque of thirty five percent of the first year 's payment depending on what you charge them |
| 17 | ‘ I promise you that we will have a long talk — and sort out everything between us , once and for all , ’ he murmured , burying his face in her blonde hair for a moment , before raising himself up on an elbow to gaze down at her lovely face . |
| 18 | ‘ It did n't occur to you that I might have a lot on my mind ? |
| 19 | ‘ In Berlin , where I come from , oh yes many years ago , before those foul Nazis besmirched the country , they would have said of you that you would make a great beauty , a grande dame sans merci . |
| 20 | ‘ Who told you that you could buy a coffin from us ? ’ she demanded . |
| 21 | Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can . |
| 22 | Max has a very funny way of telling you that you should try a different approach . |
| 23 | Who suggested that you that you should have a go ? |
| 24 | I would say to you that you must have a defibrillator available should your patient reperfuse on the way to hospital and develop ventricular fibrillation , because having salvaged the myocardium , it is a shame to lose the patient and we can not yet tell which patient will develop ventricular fibrillation and which will not . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd asked about your car , and I told you that it could take a week or more for the garage to locate the part they needed . ’ |
| 26 | They agree with him that they must develop a vision and make some strategic decisions . |
| 27 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 28 | He was aware that Ballater was looking at his hands and assured him that he could wield a spade perfectly well . |
| 29 | I 've promised him that I will make a new life for myself and not think of the past . |
| 30 | However , with youthful if foolish optimism she had proudly assured him that she would find a solution to the problem . |