Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide . |
| 2 | Whether you agree or disagree with what they do , you have to accept that they 've worked out a very complicated system of values . |
| 3 | We can not expect teachers of science , history of geography to accept that they need to know about , say , the nature of language or the multiplicity of its functions , unless we can show how the need for this knowledge derives — by a chain of relevance sufficiently direct to be convincing — from their own search for greater pedagogic effectiveness . |
| 4 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 5 | A romantic orphan , though , who was able to accept that he had caused his brother to suffer . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I 'm beginning to accept that you intend to make a fight of it . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm asking you to accept that I 've got reasons , and not to ask me what they are . |
| 8 | If it 's too painful for her to accept that I want to look for Elaine , then I sha n't . ’ |
| 9 | Sooner or later I would have to accept that I needed to look elsewhere . |
| 10 | How very difficult it was to accept that I did need it and to show that I needed it . |
| 11 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 12 | The first rule of surviving a disaster , I had written , was to accept that it had happened and make the best of what was left . |
| 13 | She wanted their parents to know that they had had an accident , were safely aboard a Royal Navy ship and would be home soon . ’ |
| 14 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 15 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 16 | Many people wish to plan their funerals in advance , and to know that they have set aside the money to pay for them : |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 'm glad to know that we 've achieved that much at least , ’ she snapped . |
| 18 | to know that we 've got something tied up |
| 19 | er and and and nice to know that we want to establish contact and you may be aware that we 've had this plan , and , and what we want it to achieve is so and so , and we 'd like to set it up in this way . |
| 20 | I 'd like the people of Cambridge city to know that we do care about the people that are in dire situations financially and that we realise we we have got a problem in housing in the city and that maybe we should be saying no matter what 's going on nationally , that locally we want to pinpoint our social housing towards those people that we feel are financially less off and in more unfortunate situations erm get ghetto creation has been mentioned and I I would n't consider council houses to be ghetto . |
| 21 | I know it will give as much joy and satisfaction to you as it will to me , to know that we have played our part in this great crusade for children 's health . |
| 22 | He will be glad to know that we have set up a noise review working party and that one of the issues that it has been considering is traffic noise and how to deal with it more effectively . |
| 23 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 24 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 25 | Even more , it was gratifying to know that she had coped and coped well , Lindsey thought as she began to clear away . |
| 26 | It was n't an attractive option , especially as she did n't need to glance behind at the carefully packed boot full of vital equipment to know that she had brought no waterproof coat ; she was an optimist by nature and one with no foresight , always a lethal combination . |
| 27 | It gave her confidence a boost to know that she had spotted him , and it made her actions easy . |
| 28 | And viewers will be pleased to know that she intends returning to our screens after a short spell of maternity leave . |
| 29 | To know that you 've won ! |
| 30 | He wants you to know that you 've got those and you 've got a fair idea of how much you 're leaving . |