Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [that] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening . |
| 2 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |
| 3 | When I told them that you 's got about three and mixed up |
| 4 | You show them that it does n't work . |
| 5 | Mum told me that he travels up and down the coast by bus , reading in public libraries . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He told me that he hates dancing ! |
| 7 | Anthony once told me that he thinks ‘ bodily fidelity is wholly irrelevant ’ , ’ she quoted bitterly . |
| 8 | He let me into one of his secrets when he told me that he tries to avoid cream sauces and prefers to use stock and wine reductions . |
| 9 | Joe also told me that he has a connection with cricket , although it is a comical one . |
| 10 | He revealed : ‘ I have interviewed Taki again for an upcoming show , and he told me that he has been in Prince Andrew 's company on several occasions . |
| 11 | An engineering expert in stress told me that it has recently been discovered that two pieces of metal , indistinguishable unless subjected to sophisticated tests , react differently to precisely the same amount of stress . |
| 12 | I guessed this was happening , because er she told me that she gets here at quarter past seven . |
| 13 | D' ya still wan na go with her cos she told me that she wants to go with ya ? |
| 14 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 15 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 16 | Hart has formally been nominated by the Auckland union , but he has informed Auckland and several other unions who support him that he wants more time to decide whether he really wants the toil and trouble of being the All Black coach . |
| 17 | The Bank told us that it does not reject applicants for loans unless it has some firm reason ( such as serious doubt about ability to repay ) . |
| 18 | During my recent visit to Libya with George More , a top Scots lawyer , the British community told us that it does not want sanctions or reprisals against the Libyan regime . |
| 19 | He told us that he has written to the officer in charge of his interrogation : ‘ Since we met , I have met something new — these four things , absolute honesty , purity , unselfishness and love . |
| 20 | Mr Punch wishes to assure you that he has had many a good belly laugh from the magazine which bore his name for so many years . |
| 21 | While I will grant you that it beats filing for the Inland Revenue , it is a suitcase existence and no matter how glamorous the location of the meeting we very rarely see beyond the airport , the hotel and the stadium . |
| 22 | Bud Collins , one of America 's leading tennis commentators and writers , who wrote the foreword , assures me that he has seen Wegner prove the point by teaching newcomers from seven to seventy keep a reasonable rally going within two hours of them first picking up a racket . |
| 23 | Joel is n't a Catholic , as you know , but he 's told me that he believes there 's a Providence not so far away from us , really just above our heads if we could see it , that wants things to be the way they 're eventually going . |
| 24 | My own specimen is in tropical conditions but I have seen young specimens for sale in a tank along with Sterlet and medium-sized Orandas and a retailer I know has told me that he has a customer with an extremely large ( 12″ ) Asiaticus kept in totally cold water with common Goldfish . |
| 25 | ‘ Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden . |
| 26 | It has n't surprised me that it 's happened again . |
| 27 | When you put all these factors together it concerns me that nobody has been advancing the case that as with other districts , some other districts in York , it would be appropriate , even more appropriate in my view , that the migration assumption should be discounted , there are in my view special reasons why this should be the case , special reasons over and above tho those that have been applied , to the other districts , this in my view would be that the Greater York housing provision for all those reasons I 've just highlighted , should be reduced , should be reduced to the seventy five percent level , in other words that would be reducing it by between a thousand and twelve hundred and fifty houses , now I wo n't get on to the reason that the fact that that 's one reason why there 's no need for a new settlement , erm but it is a reason in its own right just to protect the character and the capacity requirements and the environmental sensitivities of the Greater York area . |
| 28 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 29 | That must be an expanded one although , although the case would have told you that He seems a pleasant wee fella that . |
| 30 | The customer has told you that he wants £3000 for the car — the actual value at 57,000 miles is half that . |