Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kitchen equipment — cooker , refrigerator , washing-machine and spin-drier — should all be checked to see that they are functioning well and safely . |
| 2 | Of course a theologian may move far from her background and Trible may well want to claim that she has done so . |
| 3 | I am not such an optimist as to imagine that we are always going to agree with you about the type of regulation , or its costs , but I do want to emphasise that we are determined always to try to talk through contentious issues with you and to ensure that there is real dialogue . ’ |
| 4 | There were times when his own belief in himself as a great player could backfire on him if he failed to realize that he was having an off day , and he could look stubborn and bloody-minded as a result . |
| 5 | They failed to realize that you need it 's your own body |
| 6 | I intend to see that it gets it . ’ |
| 7 | I hate to see that I must say . |
| 8 | But you you do n't want to you do n't want to see that you 're doing it that way . |
| 9 | And do n't want to see that it 's any of their responsibility , at all . |
| 10 | Bloody man , I do n't want to see that it 's got three on it . |
| 11 | While waiting for medicine to cure idiots , I have undertaken to see that they participate in the benefit of education . |
| 12 | We 're off er well York this funny thing I got to see that it all goes through for my dad . |
| 13 | It was almost as if I was intended to see that they were not really supernatural ; and there was Conchis 's cryptic , doubt-sowing advice that it would be easier if I pretended to believe . |
| 14 | But because such men were materialists and therefore underestimated the power of spiritual and moral values ( despite the Soviet invention of the doctrine of ‘ dialectical materialism ’ ) , they failed to see that they were only perpetuating the problem of modernity in another form . |
| 15 | It would be a mistake to suggest that there were no direct links between business and local government at this time and , indeed , it may be justified to acknowledge that they were becoming more important and more regular through various forms of consultation . |
| 16 | The banks , threatened with the loss of many lucrative transactions ( and with expensive computer networks to maintain ) were not co-operating with the authorities , who talked of sending the police round to see that they did . |
| 17 | However , I use Guitarist Readers ' Ads myself , as do most of the staff here , so we know just how successful they can be ; of course that also means we can see where the service can be improved and we will endeavour to see that it does … |
| 18 | Er and take into consideration er Act since nineteen eighty five but it does exist er and also tend to agree that we do need a , a , er transport policy which actually takes er into consideration all er members of transport but the main point about this and Chris actually raises the point , er he referred to shopping it if we support the terminal five erm planning application but we say it has n't been doing it , er on the consideration we get these other things which are on shopping list , then you are actually erm forcing the government that you have er , er and this integrated policy , the driving for in the long run . |
| 19 | It is clear from everyone I asked to comment that I was not alone in thinking the evening was a resounding success . |
| 20 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 21 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 22 | In such circumstances the pool should be placed in a more amenable situation and , by the careful dispersal of excavated soil made to appear that it is in fact lower than it really is . |
| 23 | The block surface is ignored as the cylinder is initially checked to establish that it successfully passes through the negative surface defining the interior boundary around the hole . |
| 24 | ‘ It must make yer feel old , being a grandmother for the sixth time , ’ promptly replied Mrs Stych , her face carefully arranged to indicate that it was a disaster . |
| 25 | Strangely , apart from one or two specialist applications , we tend to find that we simply do n't need them ! |
| 26 | Physically , men tend to find that they take longer to get an erection , and ejaculation results in less semen than when they were younger . |
| 27 | You tend to find that you become accustomed to the timing on your local water and that when sailing in a different place it takes a while to learn the timing of a different wave pattern . |
| 28 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 29 | Erm , in the letter that you s sending by fax tomorrow , you tend to indicate that it is held while the matter 's sorted . |
| 30 | Professionally , if I felt there was a risk I should want to know that I was clear so I was certain there was no danger of me passing anything on to a patient or a future partner . |