Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
| 2 | He occasionally drops a phrase to provoke a smile from the soft cheeks of ladies and gentlemen , and to make them think that they could say the thing better … |
| 3 | Ask them to confirm that they do mean we 've got to bridge as opposed to ferrying . ’ |
| 4 | How could you go on letting me think that they were true ? ’ |
| 5 | Vuk , however , was less enthusiastic , and wrote of his own people , ‘ It is hard to induce them to acknowledge that they are Serbs , and we would be crazy if we agreed to abandon our famous name and to adopt another one [ Illyrian ] , which is dead and today has no meaning in itself . ‘ |
| 6 | Good windsurfing boots or shoes have soft rubber soles so your grip will be far better , and the materials used in them mean that they can withstand use in water much better than running shoes . |
| 7 | of them revealed that they had been the victims of marital rape . |
| 8 | When I first met the car manufacturers , they did not appear to be taking the matter very seriously at all , but my last meeting with them revealed that they are now much more prepared to make their cars more secure . |
| 9 | She fell in with Nicole 's steps , watching as she gesticulated to the men , letting them know that they would n't be long . |
| 10 | He bought a quantity believing they were Ecstasy , but when he tried them found that they were another drug altogether . |
| 11 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 12 | Many came to the door attempting to sell brushes , polish and so on , often carrying a card from the firm employing them explaining that they were disabled servicemen , I tremble to think that we could ever return to conditions like these . |
| 13 | None of them doubted that they would eventually get to Greece . |
| 14 | I asked that they take a different route each time , as far as possible , and to occasionally drive him there . |
| 15 | I ruled that they would be confined to the Promenade and Fleetwood line ’ . |
| 16 | While I sympathise with the points raised by Mrs White I regret that they are a result of the actions of the general public over which the Regional Council has no control . |
| 17 | I regret that they were unable to pursue the matter any further . |
| 18 | I repeat that they are part of a dissenting judgment but if one is to consider what principle of law is to be applied in an area where there is no direct authority of your Lordships ' House , it is relevant to have regard to them . |
| 19 | I mean that they have what they call ‘ access ’ to the water , which means to the docks which means to the port which means to the open sea which means to the world . |
| 20 | if it had a few twists and curls round it and little things like that and bits of gold plate on it I mean that they 'd go for it , but er , because it 's made for its purpose and do n't want it . |
| 21 | I mean that they 're a valuable source of fund raising in the schools for example , erm and I would not , they are also a valuable source of fund raising people that need to raise money to buy their kids Christmas presents and so on , you know , I mean people , they 're not all market traders or people shifting stolen goods at car boot sales . |
| 22 | Because so many of the people who , so many people at the moment feel I think that they , they have very little real influence , and that 's why people do n't turn up , it 's why people do n't vote for local government . |
| 23 | I realized that they were talking about some poems of Emily 's . |
| 24 | I realized that they were the two lights of a coach . |
| 25 | Before I 'd stopped quivering , I realized that they had n't been thrown , but dropped from above . |
| 26 | I realised that they were all as shit-scared as I was and were content to stay where they were . |
| 27 | I viewed A&R men the same way and when I met them I realised that they knew even less than I thought they knew . |
| 28 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |
| 29 | One of the things we said the worst training session can be is going over stuff that I already have done , already known , what training have I received that they received in the past ? |
| 30 | I fear that they will eventually prove to have come from the Welsh Office , via the Cardiff Bay development corporation . |