Example sentences of "[to-vb] that they [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether you agree or disagree with what they do , you have to accept that they 've worked out a very complicated system of values . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She wanted their parents to know that they had had an accident , were safely aboard a Royal Navy ship and would be home soon . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 6 | Many people wish to plan their funerals in advance , and to know that they have set aside the money to pay for them : |
| 7 | When they reached Aumery Park Farm , it was to discover that they had misjudged the time of their arrival . |
| 8 | Not all the transactions were strictly honest , though , and sometimes customers got home to discover that they 'd bought a cat or a puppy , thus that expression and an expression bonus : ‘ letting the cat out of the bag ’ . |
| 9 | Having a parasite is a very special , very intimate experience , as Bill Cater learned when he interviewed scientists and wildlife cameramen who had come back from exotic parts to discover that they 'd acquired various new things to share their lives with . |
| 10 | Alas , on boarding the Docklands Light Railway the party was confronted by an inspector only to find that they had purchased childrens ' tickets by mistake . |
| 11 | There 's no doubt that the drawings were a considerable embarrassment , and I think everyone was very relieved to find that they 'd gone . ’ |
| 12 | We arrived at their home in Bruton , Somerset , only to find that they 'd got the date wrong and were n't prepared for us . |
| 13 | The other area was er the area of er tour operators and allocations because as you know holidays was not one of your accounts and we wandered in there only to find that they 'd got allocations and business was |
| 14 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 15 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 16 | It is not unusual to find that they have forged ahead on their own between lessons and are proud of the visible progress they have made . ’ |
| 17 | The letters or packages are kept under lock and key or in the safe and when guests collect them they must sign the record book to indicate that they have taken delivery . |
| 18 | None of the pupils seemed to guess that they had heard the same speaker more than once . |
| 19 | We need to see that they have taken it into account . |
| 20 | His babe in arms would be no more responsive to Lloyd George 's leonine appearance than would an accompanying parakeet in a cage and if both , having seen him , were then carried around the National Gallery , it would be equally valid to claim that they had seen the works of art on display as well . |
| 21 | as if to confirm that they had rejected the old emphasis on local political organizations , the new studies gave themselves a new title . |
| 22 | Night fell , and Bodie was prowling the streets , searching for the girl , waiting for the call from Control to confirm that they had located her getaway car . |
| 23 | Where an application is made more than 24 months after starting Approved Practical Experience , they are also required to confirm that they have satisfied these guidelines in the period to date . |
| 24 | On application members will be required to confirm that they have complied with these guidelines on an annual basis . |
| 25 | Your Committee is pleased to report that they have reached agreement in principle with the owner of suitable premises adjoining Bull House , Bull Street , Bishop 's Castle , for their use as the Bishop 's Castle Railway Museum . |
| 26 | After some time though people begin to realize that they have spent minutes , hours , even days , without consciously thinking of the person who has died . |
| 27 | During much of the book you do not feel anything for the androids , but as you see their struggle for survival and begin to sense that they have gained the feelings that humans are losing , you realise the irony of the book . |
| 28 | He finds that although the globular bodies of the histone molecules no longer contact the DNA of heavily transcribed genes , their charged tails still do , leading him to suggest that they remain tethered by their tails while the polymerase passes so that they can rapidly ‘ snap back ’ into their former structure . |
| 29 | The Poles did not look much of a side at all when they lost 3-0 at Wembley in June and , although they have improved since under new management , there is nothing in their results to suggest that they have recovered the standard of the team that put Sir Alf Ramsey 's England out of the World Cup in 1973 . |
| 30 | If capitalist industrialisation has done little to improve the position of women , is there any evidence to suggest that they have fared better with alternative paths of development ? |