Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] that [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been told by my superiors that I could use it in the same way that I would to prosecute anyone found mistreating a dog . |
| 2 | Can I say that I hope Mr or or whoever writes for the County Council would n't use the form of words , but erm although I am instructed by my clients that they would be satisfied with the change to a single triangle , erm I do n't think that they would be satisfied if you in making that change , you accompanied by a form of words which said the County Council are still committed to building an outer . |
| 3 | But the princesses will be my sisters-in-law — and I can feel it in my bones that we shall just not take to each other at all ! |
| 4 | She has always been kindness itself to me , but I have a feeling in my bones that she would not regard me as a wholly reliable supporter . |
| 5 | Indeed , on Saturday afternoon , as he had relaxed with his team-mates at their hotel hideaway he had confided : ‘ I 'm due to score , I want to score , I feel it in my bones that I will score . ’ |
| 6 | I know that it would be the wish of my constituents that I should convey heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved and the injured in their grief and agony . |
| 7 | Eventually she believed my protests that I would prefer Filipino fare ; it appeared — embotedo , lumpia , bulabula — all in a toasted sandwich . |
| 8 | I even had a tickle between my shoulder-blades that I could n't reach |
| 9 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
| 10 | And I have pointed out in my papers that you must bear in mind perhaps that er quite a number of Rich er quite a number of the districts in North Yorkshire are of county scale in their sheer size and that therefore it is not inappropriate that at that level that the policies would be refined . |
| 11 | Er it 's been one of my hopes that we might be able to get er a small youth section or youth committee coming er from amongst these people . |
| 12 | Although the charge could be laid that CCM depends upon the imitation of other forms , so great is its variety and so gifted its musicians that it can hardly be accused of lacking originality . |
| 13 | They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer . |
| 14 | The slighted Samaritan can , of course , reply on her own behalf that she does care about suffering in general but that she cares much more about its manifestations that she can do something about and that involve her personally . |
| 15 | The factors/invoice discounters who form the bulk of the industry have nevertheless been quick to exploit any competitive advantage for their products that they can discover . |
| 16 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 17 | In contrast , the government 's two senior legal advisers and the senior partner of a leading firm of society lawyers were so ignorant of this fact that it did not even enter their heads that it would be wise to make some enquiries before launching their client into a statement that could be , and indeed was , ruinous . |
| 18 | Somehow not unnaturally , I 'd say — they got it into their heads that you 'd be … well , I do n't want to get my nose punched here , do I ? |
| 19 | Or is it more likely to be so affected by nationalism and the historical preferences of its peoples that it will remain a heterogeneous collection of individual markets linked together in a loose customs union ? |
| 20 | He saw from her eyes that she could not , would not believe him . |
| 21 | Only his eyes were small , and they were set so deeply in their orbits that you could not tell what colour they were . |
| 22 | He identified several actors caught by the camera in poses of dramatic intensity and had judged from the frown between her heavy brows and the unsuitability of her responses that she would have been more enlightened had she worn spectacles . |
| 23 | Some were wounded ; others so damaged by their experiences that it would take years to return to normal . |
| 24 | But it does not at all follow from the fact that causal circumstances in a sense guarantee their effects that we can predict those effects better than we do . |
| 25 | I told her parents that I would make sure she was all right . ’ |
| 26 | Ironworkers told one of their officials that they would stop working if the woodworkers were continued in employment . |
| 27 | It is principally in the genealogy of their ideas that one should look for evidence of their kinship . |
| 28 | The previous evening they had insisted on taking her to the cinema , ignoring her protests that she would rather see the Molière play at the Comédie Française , to watch Jacques Prévert 's film Les Enfants du Paradis . |
| 29 | This way she can guarantee her customers that they will have all the surrounding thousands of acres of bush totally to themselves for the duration of their stay . |
| 30 | The Elves hid themselves in caves , woods and mountainsides and prayed to their gods that they would not be found , and that a hero would emerge to deliver them from this evil . |