Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Relatives always made disparaging remarks about me ‘ breaking the chain' of five boys , but consoled my parents that they at least had a girl to look after them in their old age . |
| 5 | Harry swore Sam to secrecy , and the two young fishermen told their crews that they had found nothing but an empty boat . |
| 6 | Whatever the reason , the mothers often told their daughters that they should come home and look after them . |
| 7 | In order to recoup such losses , market makers have to widen their spreads that they charge all other investors , including those wishing to speculate but not privy to inside information . |
| 8 | ‘ This will confirm our fears that they intend to rip the soul out of student associations and the NUS , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ This will confirm our fears that they intend to rip the soul out of student associations and the NUS , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The pupils , Andrew Pickett , Zammo Collins , Helen Pawsey and Spencer Windebank , had promised their friends that they would arrive in style for the end-of-term prom and decided on a cream Rolls-Royce . |
| 11 | On Jan. 18 the 21-country International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , consisting of the major industrialized countries , activated its war energy contingency plan and informed its members that they should make available 2,500,000 bpd to the market within 15 days . |
| 12 | The first was that Stirling had promised his men that they would never be subjected to the indecisions of the Commando days when operation after operation was planned and then cancelled at the last minute . |
| 13 | A few days before the hearing of the father 's application , the local authority informed his solicitors that they would not be opposing the application . |
| 14 | But the King for prevention of offences may by proclamation admonish his subjects that they keep the laws , and do not offend them ; upon punishment to be inflicted by the law , & c . |
| 15 | Fathers who tell their boys that they will be engineers may be delighted with their success rate , at least initially ( many such sons subsequently flood into business schools to get out of engineering ) . |
| 16 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 17 | Elise 's parents had been involved in that accident , too , and it was only after the two cousins lost their families that they became so close . |
| 18 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 19 | Even the District Secretary was not averse to reminding his tutor-organisers that they were dispensable . |
| 20 | Of all the animals that sham dead it is the snakes that are the star performers , some of them going to amazing lengths to convince their assailants that they are truly deceased . |
| 21 | By the time of the abolition measures of 1806 and 1807 abolitionists had failed to convince their opponents that they were not also looking forward to emancipation . |
| 22 | It was after the Indian team had begun their experiments that they learned about Jones and how his experiments had been motivated by the same ideas as Chatterjee had had . |
| 23 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 24 | In doing so , they unwittingly made a popular decision , for in later years the local men were able to feel easier in their minds about telling their womenfolk that they were " going down to the Russell " . |
| 25 | The letter had not been answered , and the Laird of Gartmore took offence , declaring ‘ that if he did not get such trifles to oblige his friends that they might depend upon his going against them ’ . |
| 26 | It is the refusal to accept an excuse that the recession is biting hard — clients need to buy to comply with the law , and most importantly to show their competitors that they are not just surviving but thriving . |
| 27 | In other words many farmers like to show their workers that they care . |
| 28 | How easy or difficult it is for girls to tell their parents that they are pregnant also depends on how accustomed they are to confiding in their mothers or fathers about periods , boyfriends , sex and contraception . |
| 29 | One of the pieces of advice offered to adoptive parents is to tell their children that they were ‘ chosen ’ . |