Example sentences of "to [pers pn] is [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they are saying ‘ she ca n't sing ’ but the important thing to me is that I know I can . |
| 2 | I went and told them , ‘ One way or another , what 's happened to me is that I 've been burgled … ’ . |
| 3 | Erm , well what your mum and dad said to me is that he gets very worried , het up , really tensed about doing things , that 's going , you know , things that are gon na happen , like just driving down to a different place , er and he get 's himse himself so het up , so worried , he makes himself ill , I think that 's what 's happened |
| 4 | What Steve is saying r recommending to you is that we do n't take up that purchase this year , which is in our budget . |
| 5 | Our pledge to you is that we owe no allegiance to any manufacturer ( though we reserve the right to let their best brains entertain and inform you on these pages ) . |
| 6 | what we 'll say to you is that you got that parcel on Tuesday |
| 7 | And er with that in mind , it 's possible that people do want to top up their income , because the one thing I will stress to you is that you do n't want to have to start having to back-pedal er when you retire . |
| 8 | And then after a brief explanation , ‘ The only reason I write to you is that you warned me this would happen . ’ |
| 9 | The argument for not considering the other 8,538 votes originally given to him is that they have exhausted their potential . |
| 10 | But all that happens to him is that he topples into the mud with his arm broken and his face bruised from where the broken arm was smashed against it . |
| 11 | What makes it attractive to him is that it seems to fascinate his parents . |
| 12 | While the merits and demerits of this argument have been explored extensively , one major objection to it is that it begs the question of who identifies and defines the ‘ need ’ for an expansion in public intervention , and how a perceived need results in specific policies that produce an expanded state sector . |
| 13 | An equally important reason for God 's giving music to us is that it forms part of our response to him . |