Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 2 | You should know that from your cuttings , ’ snapped Mr Shaw . |
| 3 | Do n't you know that in your life too there are mountains and there are valleys ? |
| 4 | He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition . |
| 5 | Now if I could try and translate that into your particular sphere of interest , you are doing things with noise , with food , with roofs I heard the other day , yesterday , which surprised me , and a variety of other things , which people understand . |
| 6 | Yes , yes I do n't think that on our next buy , what with the next year I would be a bit better off in the sense that I should have sold my house , bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so I have a little extra monthly income , I should be living in somewhere that 's cheaper to run |
| 7 | Did you think that up yourself … |
| 8 | Did I think that under my house the gas lid from the propane tank had fractured , that gas was accumulating , that the pilot light was on ? |
| 9 | In this study a 13 year old , when asked about being teased in his comprehensive school , replied , ‘ I should think that in my first week or so there was a fair bit . |
| 10 | Yes , we would be dependent on the referring doctor 's interpretation of the X-ray films , and they would relate that to us on the telephone and we would then have to form a , a mental image of what the problem was and then advise on how we thought things ought to go on . |
| 11 | Damn you , how did you broadcast that through my shields — ’ |
| 12 | It does n't have to sound confrontational ; contrast ‘ I do n't understand what you 're talking about ’ ( sub-text : ‘ you are inept at talking ’ ) with ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm so dim [ mock disclosure — and quite appropriate in my opinion , given the indirect nature of conversation ] , but could you explain that to me again in plain English ? ’ ( sub-text : ‘ I 'm not understanding you , so can you say it differently ? ’ ) |
| 13 | Firstly because I understand there 's some problem with the word director , which I do n't understand , but everybody says , well I do n't understand , but well , maybe some officer will explain that to me when I finish speaking . |
| 14 | ‘ He did explain that to us quite often , when she had fallen in love with Europe and the prince proposed , she saw herself in Rome ; the Eternal City , it was always that to her . |
| 15 | they would like to paint their pottery , the fact is if you initially do n't paint your pottery with normal paints you paint your pottery with erm oxides which fire well , I 'll explain that to you once the er , as the |
| 16 | SCO already has a licence to SunSoft Inc 's ONC+ and says it 'll deliver that on its latest Open Desktop and Server 3.0 software well before the COSE version comes along . |
| 17 | Will he confirm that during its lifetime in service Trident will take about 3 per cent . |
| 18 | This is an important area in which you can help him a great deal if you can make him feel that with you open grieving is permissible . |
| 19 | However , unless money is not a consideration you will perhaps feel that at its much lower price the DG issue with Frantz and Eschenbach is the one to have for this repertory . |
| 20 | I know anyone can get dumped but I do feel that in my case it was because of my disabilities . ’ |
| 21 | Can you give that to your Gran , let me see you . |
| 22 | We ca n't give that to you |
| 23 | Of course we might assume that in our stationary state every business remained always of the same size , and with the same trade connection . |
| 24 | The only way I could show that in my opinion they were absolutely wrong was to start an action for libel . ’ |
| 25 | Elizabeth , could you just sort of mark that in your minute , as something that if we do produce a highlight of changes , that is one that we . |
| 26 | Indeed without any wish to evade my responsibility for subsequent events , I think I may fairly claim that in everything I did in re Karen and her husband I was market-led . |
| 27 | Lisa nodded , swallowing , wishing she could believe that with her heart as she believed it with her head . |
| 28 | I really do believe that without it we would n't have got here , without that silly ring I should not be here with you now , Therese , now this moment . |
| 29 | I , bet , see if I can balance that on my head |
| 30 | I shall remember that to my dying day , I shall remember it all my life . ’ |