Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] they [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that they combine a macho enthusiasm for selective violence with a rigid adherence to middle-class morality , but you are n't seriously suggesting that they 'll suspect me of cutting Paul 's throat because I go to bed with his wife ? |
| 2 | Before his resignation he had secured written undertakings from a number of parties stating that they would support his re-appointment . |
| 3 | ‘ If you go round saying that they 'll have you locked up in a padded cell . ’ |
| 4 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 5 | The effect was instantaneous : Raby sent back a poem in the same rhyme-scheme saying that they could have their shelves . |
| 6 | Some older people who live alone or who can not get out appreciate the security of knowing that they can contact someone in an emergency . |
| 7 | Therefore , a very important part of the treatment programme must be helping the client to face up to their fear and stay in the difficult situation learning that they can control their anxiety . |
| 8 | In a way it was flattering that they should take his word . |
| 9 | Ordinary Earth Dwellers are discovering that they can control what happens to their planet . |
| 10 | But when he said so , hoping that they would find him a job away from the Zoo , they said instead that if he wanted he could work through the remaining years to his retirement as general helper and sweeper . |
| 11 | So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack . |
| 12 | They trundled in , promising that they would do nothing to distress or intimidate poor little Miss Harker . |