Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [v-ing] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government issued statements , before and after the April arrests , criticizing the activities of DP members in northern Uganda and suggesting that they were helping to perpetuate the insurgency , although no evidence of this was presented . |
| 2 | ‘ When we were waiting to be questioned by the police , Doug Wilson was saying that Rodney had been making a play for Angy and hinting that he might have got somewhere . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Fenella and I would set out a day later , ’ he said , looking at Fenella and thinking that she was rather a nice sort of companion to be having on a journey . |
| 4 | ‘ It has been suggested to me by the parents of Tomkiss and Wattling that their sons are skilled in … metalwork , and that the school should have an … option that would enable them to pursue their interest in this … field . |
| 5 | Marcel Roulet is quoted by La Tribune as saying that he was ‘ surprised ’ at the request . |
| 6 | He read it through , a touch uneasy that its jocularity might displease Newton but knowing that it told Newton what he wanted to know . |
| 7 | In the Netherlands on Nov. 14 reports quoted Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers as having admitted to the existence of a secret organization in the Netherlands but denying that it was supervised by NATO . |
| 8 | Because they 're opening on a Sunday and hoping that you 'll go in |
| 9 | The proposed US-Hong Kong Policy Bill of 1991 stipulated that the USA should develop a coherent policy towards Hong Kong while recognising that it would become part of China . |
| 10 | Simultaneous reports quoted Delors as saying that he was optimistic about a deal first with the USA and afterwards in the general framework of the Uruguay Round . |
| 11 | While they were saying so , Marshall was contacting Mrs Tavett and learning that her husband had said he was going to the surgery that morning but had not been home since . |
| 12 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 13 | On Nov. 12 Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said to be concerned about alienating international opinion were quoted in Tokyo as saying that they would press the government " to think carefully about our future plans " to transport more plutonium to Japan over the next decade . |
| 14 | Your special on the future of Microsoft ( May 22nd ) quotes Nathan Myhrvold as saying that we need an advance on ‘ smearing ink across dead trees . ’ |
| 15 | On July 8 he was quoted in Berne as saying that he was still awaiting a response from opposition groups . |
| 16 | Farrow quoted a Lieutenant Colonel as saying that his neighbours knowing he had money on a Bill of Sale would mean ruin . |
| 17 | The Sun , on the eve of the Gulf War , had quoted Jason as saying that he would rather be buried alive that fight for his country . |
| 18 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 19 | Now he sat by the fire with his whisky , a drink he did not care for , making conversation with Tony and hoping that it would soon be time for bed . |
| 20 | ‘ Aah 'll 'ave a word , ’ she offered , having noticed the way Martha 's eyes followed Bob Lamb and believing that he was the trouble . |
| 21 | The agreement to set up a peace conference followed a meeting of senior CSCE officials in Prague on Feb. 28 , which proposed a peace plan recognizing that Nagorny Karabakh belonged to Azerbaijan but proposing that it should be allowed self-determination . |