Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [that] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something had changed , because I had suddenly realised that what I was trying to do was impossible . |
| 2 | Then you walked into my life , and I suddenly realised that what I had felt for Claire may have been sexual attraction , but it was never love . ’ |
| 3 | Yes well of course you can only assume that what he says is correct . |
| 4 | No one would be stupid enough to believe that what they were doing would change anything , that a war might stop because of a pop song . |
| 5 | Rather than merely assert that what we desire is already reality , therefore , I would argue that our job is to discuss the contradictions and possibilities in the law as it has developed historically , as part of and in response to political and economic struggles . |
| 6 | Nick was uncertain what he was doing in London , he only knew that whatever it was , his father-in-law was bound to make more money out of it . |
| 7 | We will do so knowing that whatever we do , whatever normal editorial decisions we make may be misinterpreted . |
| 8 | The fools , not to see that what they madly desire would be such a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring upon them . ’ |
| 9 | She 'd finally realised that what she needed was to commit mind , body and soul into something challenging and exciting . |
| 10 | She soon realised that what he had said was true : taste and style were inborn . |
| 11 | He will be criminally liable unless he was so insane as either ‘ not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ’ , or ‘ not to know that what he was doing was against the law ’ . |
| 12 | Do you not know that what you belittle by the name tree is but the mere four-dimensional analogue of a whole multidimensional universe which — no , I can see you do not . |
| 13 | In the case of a defendant who uses words , a person can hardly fail to be aware of what he is saying , although he may possibly not know that what he is displaying ( if it be a book ) contains offensive material of which others are aware but he is not . |
| 14 | I do not believe that what we have heard today represents a settled statement of policy , or that it is founded upon solid conviction . |
| 15 | These unusual circumstances , and cases of corrupt diversion of corporate assets aside , however , it will in general be very difficult to demonstrate that the directors did not believe that what they were doing would maximise profits , because of the often insuperable problem of distinguishing between means and ends that this entails . |
| 16 | She can not believe that what she thinks about this and that has any value , because she has thought it . |
| 17 | to me that it would be perverse of us to fall into the trap if we were to do so of endorsing Policy E two and not know that what we were endorsing was in fact what the Secretary of State specifically rejected on the grounds perhaps that it was unduly restricted or detailed or inappropriate for some of those other reasons that are set out in the earlier part of that notice of approval . |
| 18 | Just remember that whatever you decide the worst case scenario is very unlikely to happen . ’ |
| 19 | So I hope I 've not complicated that I I always find it 's helpful to say this about this speaker this because no other speaker no speaker is here with a . |
| 20 | I 'm not saying that what I 'm saying is that that we must all have at the back of our minds a a sort of considered opinion of what 's |
| 21 | Assertions can be signalled by writing " I would suggest " , or " I would argue " , but often it is just assumed that whatever you say is your suggestion or argument . |
| 22 | It 's non-examinable , but that does not mean that what you are taught here is not worthwhile ! |
| 23 | The Lords held that the boys were guilty even though they did not realise that what they were doing might harm others . |
| 24 | If that is so , the defendant can not be convicted if he raises doubts as to whether or not he realised that the person with whom he was dealing was a policeman , or that he did not realise that what he was doing would make the task of the policeman more difficult . |
| 25 | In Parmenter the accused confessed to causing injuries to his three-month-old son but said that he did not realise that what he was doing would injure him . |
| 26 | You just knew that what he was saying about Quigley was true . |
| 27 | They soon agree that what they both want is a gentle current of fresh air , without direct draughts . |
| 28 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 29 | That 's not to say that I I believe that the villages er some of the villages are incapable of of . |
| 30 | ‘ The analysts finally said that what we were doing was not the problem — the problem was that we made it look as though the truth was being dragged out of us . |