Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] and that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as assistance to grandchildren in adult life is concerned , the American evidence suggests that grandparents do assist financially and that they define this assistance as a gift , unlike financial support between the other two generations which is more likely to be defined as a loan , or as part of an exchange ( Hill , 1970 , pp. 69–70 ) . |
| 2 | It is at least possible that he did not know otherwise and that his father was responsible for this fiction , assuring his son that he truly was the child of British parents , though American-born . |
| 3 | Since most women did marry , most teenage girls assumed that they would do so and that they would give up work then . |
| 4 | ‘ They believe girls should not speak up and that they should let their parents control their lives . |
| 5 | ‘ Paul told me it was all over between us ; that it would never work out and that he and Sonia were going to make a fresh start . |
| 6 | At times she hated Freddie Nash with a ferocity that astonished her ; yet at others she longed to see him , to have his support , to feel that one day , perhaps after she had given birth to his baby , they would meet again and that she would experience , however transitory and unreliable — at least on his part — their mutual passion . |
| 7 | Doctors hope Christina 's face will heal quickly and that she will be able to avoid plastic surgery . |
| 8 | Make sure at all times the boredom does not creep in and that there is a feeling of concentration and application to the task . |
| 9 | He wished that he could go home and that none of this had happened . |
| 10 | His name served as a seal of approval that a deal would go ahead and that it would be profitable . |
| 11 | wo woken up and heard her come in and that he 's had her standing in front of him and the old finger 's been going , exactly what he 's doing now , he 's done it with his |
| 12 | It is the belief of at least some hypnotherapists that the inability of some patients to be hypnotized is due to their subconscious fear that they will be unable to cope with what may come up and that they might go to pieces . |
| 13 | She warned him that the dye might come out and that he 'd get blood poisoning . |
| 14 | A man may believe that a woman who has consented to him before or consented frequently to others will consent again and that her ‘ no ’ is equally a sham . |
| 15 | Harold got more because he sang and told jokes , but my mother maintained that he did n't sing well and that his jokes were blue . |