Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [coord] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 2 | Lawyers representing the deportees had submitted petitions claiming that Israel had a responsibility to take them back , on the grounds that the Lebanese government had refused to accept them and that their lives were therefore in danger . |
| 3 | I had found out that her name was Miss Vulcan and I gave her this information as well as telling her that Miss Vulcan had a brother named Freddie who visited her and that he was a little old man who wore a black cap on his head and sported a goatee beard . |
| 4 | In his defence , the defendant claimed that it was T who had approached him and that he had not initiated the agreement . |
| 5 | Caroline claimed she 'd bathed him , massaged him and that he 'd had her several times dressed in school uniform . |
| 6 | Mildred spent a lot of time by the pond telling the frog-magician that she had n't forgotten him and that she would get him out if it was the last thing she did . |
| 7 | Could you know anything without first presupposing that you are there to know it and that there is something there to be known ? |
| 8 | A , the Tuesday stall was a bit debatable at the moment because what has happened is , I heard from the er from Mr Stuart that he , he thought that er could assist us and that I should go over there and see them . |
| 9 | With this , well erm I was er after the first two years when I did n't get a referred lead or recommendation cos I , I had this fear in my mind that if I asked for names , they 'd actually not give them and that they would actually then cancel the policy they 'd taken out with me , I actually thought that |
| 10 | Goibniu was still studying the drawings and thinking that Reflection , greedy creature , would surely not be able to resist them and that it might n't be a bad idea to revive the ancient traditional dish of roast Gnome for the wedding feast , which would save them having to pay the Gnomes anything . |
| 11 | In the end , to put them off , I told them I was quite clear about the type who attracted me and that there was no point in introducing me to anyone who did n't match up . |
| 12 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 13 | Capron said it had come to his attention that I 'd been meeting you and that it had to stop . ’ |
| 14 | I told him I believed him and that it would be such a dirty trick not to post the letter that I was sure he must have posted it . |
| 15 | But I have tried to talk to him , to persuade him to say that he thought the askaris were going to shoot him or that it was a misunderstanding , but he refuse absolutely to excuse himself . ’ |
| 16 | When I heard recently on the radio that he had been arrested in Tasmania the wild fancy occurred that someone had forgotten to de-miniaturise him and that he had finally worked his way through to Australia . |
| 17 | It was unbelievable — not only that he had done it but that she had stood there and let him . |
| 18 | It is far better and essentially less embarrassing for such education to be given at school than within the family , even if it could be certain that parents would give it or that their children would listen . |
| 19 | One of the main elements which matters to customers is that stock should be available to them when they order it , that it should be delivered at the time they request it and that it should be assembled correctly . |
| 20 | I think he could have said it but that he would n't have . |
| 21 | The lessee in a lease — the defendant so covenanted in this case — covenants in effect that he or his assignee will perform the covenants and observe the conditions contained in it ; and when , as in the present instance , the defendant sets up no performance by himself of the covenants sued on , his defence must be either that his assignee has performed them or that his assignee is in some way as between himself and the lessor absolved from performance . |
| 22 | I said that I accepted that maybe he hated me and that he wanted nothing to do with me . |
| 23 | I was beginning to think you hated me and that I 'd never hold you in my arms again , ’ he said huskily . |
| 24 | He ( or she ) feels that no one could possibly like or appreciate him and that he has nothing to offer . |
| 25 | Mr Hoffman made it clear that the subject did not interest him and that he wanted to work with Mr Yates . ’ |
| 26 | His grandmother said if it was a fact he would not get a grant she would finance him but that he should find out . |
| 27 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 28 | He smuggled out a message saying he 'd discovered who in London had betrayed him and that he was going underground to escape . |
| 29 | I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit . |
| 30 | Does that mean that you 've got it and that it 's what you wanted . |