Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am resolved that if it must be so I will obtain permission from the Brownings to have my husband journey to England at the end of the holiday and bring his son back with him . |
| 2 | I am reminded that when I suggested that the £7 billion of expenditure on the European fighter aircraft might be better spent — it seems dodgy anyhow — or used for civilian aircraft , his contribution to planned change was to suggest that nobody wants single-seater civilian aircraft flying at 750 mph . |
| 3 | I am advised that if an implant is successful it would reduce the need for medication and would therefore reduce the likelihood of the side effects that may be caused by drug treatment . |
| 4 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 5 | Coun Williams went on : ‘ I am told that when the property was first leased it required considerable investment by the developer to convert it into a hotel , and that the terms of the lease reflect that . |
| 6 | It was n't suggested to Mr when he gave evidence that there was another man at the flat that night , I am told that if it had been his answer would have been an unequivocal no . |
| 7 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 8 | I was taught that when I worked in the grocery warehouse . |
| 9 | But I was told that since I was so keen to have these things I had better think about how we would use them when the time came . |
| 10 | I was told that before she got married and gone into farming she lived with a great-aunt and enjoyed a good meal every day . |
| 11 | But I was told that unless I could produce a current driving licence or passport — neither of which I possess — they were not prepared to give me an account . |
| 12 | I was told that if I swore my performance would be stopped . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was told that if the angle of the dangle goes any higher , it 's against the law , ’ she said . |
| 14 | When I tried to discover just what was really meant when it was said of a particular girl that she had been " married " in this sense seven times before she was nineteen , I was told that if a girl was seen to be cooking a meal for a man this was evidence that she was " married " to him . |
| 15 | He could get up to all sorts of tricks and I was told that when another one of the lads at the same farm applied for a job as a coachman , Grandad gave him a reference . |
| 16 | I was told that when the Cabinet got my report of what the Tans had done Churchill said he could see no harm in it . ’ |
| 17 | Used alone they exhibit a specific characteristic known as inverse solubility by which is meant that as temperature increases they drop out of solution contrary to expected behaviour . |
| 18 | She is told that if she catches sight of him when he visits her in the darkness , he will leave her . |
| 19 | Second , we are reminded that while the evidence for the resurrection is impressive , first Christians did not merely believe in the resurrection . |
| 20 | ‘ We are told that unless we make peace with these noblemen , candidates are to be run all over the country . |
| 21 | In Chronic Diseases we are told that when giving remedies in solid form i.e. solid form i.e. granules or powders dry on the tongue , Hahnemann found that remedies prepared with more than two shakes were too strong so stayed with two strokes for consistency ; but during the last years since I have been giving every dose of medicine in a solution , divided over fifteen , twenty or thirty days and even more , no potentizing in an attenuating vial is found too strong , and again I use ten strokes . ’ |
| 22 | : We are told that if the order is undertaken , supervision will be carried out by existing staff within their normal duties . |
| 23 | Repeatedly we are told that if its characters fail to resist the Shadow , they will be taken over , but if they do resist they may get killed ; similarly if they reject the vagaries of chance ( if Frodo for instance had refused to leave the Shire with the Ring ) , it 's likely something highly unpleasant will happen , but if they accept and obey things could grow even worse . |
| 24 | We were reminded that before he became party leader , Neil Kinnock had said , in relation to Peter Tatchell , ‘ I am not in favour of witch-hunts but I do not mistake bloody witches for fairies . ’ |
| 25 | We were told that although up to this point no account had been made for the effects of new policies , the counties were at liberty to estimate the effects of new policies — either theirs or the Government 's via planning policy guidance and the work of development agencies , TECs etc . |
| 26 | We were told that if you went there in the dark your hand would be rubbed by a cold , spectral doggy nose . |
| 27 | ‘ When I was a kiddie , we were told that if its eyes ever turned red , the world would die . ’ |
| 28 | Besides , every week we were told that because of its enormous cost the war could not last another month . ’ |
| 29 | We were told that because most counties adopted a political strategy of economic growth and expansion , they almost always revised the base estimate upwards . |
| 30 | Then we were told that when the poll tax really bit , capping would not be necessary . |