Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you know that we imported cereal from Ethiopia during the famine just so that we could have our meat ? |
| 2 | Because you 'll know that we have water pi pressure problems on that particular er water line . |
| 3 | Some patients are anxious that their neighbours should not know that they have hospital appointments , and therefore prefer an unmarked car to an ambulance . |
| 4 | She lowered her voice to a whisper , ‘ … you should know that everyone has access to every typewriter in the newsroom . |
| 5 | Now if you 're a rheumatism person you will know that you have difficulty getting out of bed in the morning unless you do something , and this is the way of doing it , move in the bed before , get the circulation going so it moves the acid so that you can move . |
| 6 | And for all his fans over here , I 'd like to let them know that he called DJ and me aside then and asked us if we 'd be interested in doing a European tour . |
| 7 | Feeling really invigorated I decided to spend my remaining time in the gym and let those machines really know that I meant business ! |
| 8 | Vendors say organisations will usually buy immediately they have state credits to avoid losing out on the plunging value of the rouble . |
| 9 | I know you 've got some other amusing stories , I do n't know if we 've time just to tell one more . |
| 10 | We do not know if they had music or even if they had genuine art : cave-paintings and bone-carvings might be manifestations of the muse , but they could equally well have been executed solely for mystical purposes . |
| 11 | Do n't know if she invited Bet and you I do n't you , she did n't say . |
| 12 | I do n't know if you saw Brush Strokes ? |
| 13 | Er I do n't know if you 've experience of steel but when you feel the handles of a , a lathe first thing in a morning it 's like lifting pieces of ice and er the heating arrangement took about four hours before it built up you know , to a reasonable working degree . |
| 14 | I would need to check with the erm er computer manager you know which fields are takeable , you know how , I do n't know if you know computer re how computer records are stored but every piece of information like erm the admission figure , the title , the distributor will be a field and I presume if er any information like the time is in a separate field then you would be able to have a report by fields . |
| 15 | I do not know if you want news of the village or not . |
| 16 | I do n't know if you have family intervention in this country . |
| 17 | I do n't know if anyone saw Football focus on Grandstand but I could n't believe that two loonies had tipped Sheff Wed over Leeds to win the Championship . |
| 18 | Similarly , practices could appeal if they had evidence that the population characteristics had altered substantially since the last census . |
| 19 | The RSPCA also want to change the law which currently makes them wait until they see cruelty inflicted before they can prosecute . |
| 20 | ‘ You will not object if I have dessert ? |
| 21 | Right so maybe this is an intermediate stage , we do n't know but we know carbon dioxide comes out of it . |
| 22 | ‘ Something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes , ’ the Prince told an interviewer in 1982 , in a remark which gives some clue to the task he set himself . |
| 23 | The current Prince of Wales has been quoted as saying that ‘ something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes … after all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it ’ ( quoted in Rose , 1985 : 75 ) . |
| 24 | I think there 's one advantage in letting the Paymaster know because he deducts tax at source , whereas your second employer may not , and it may be to your advantage to be paying tax |
| 25 | Stormily , she went on , ‘ I suppose I was meant to sit back and wait while you danced attendance on your number one girlfriend , was I ? |
| 26 | Providing the income you will need after you stop work can take a load off your mind . |
| 27 | Erm I do n't know whether I think post rather erm er I see I 'm not going to London after erm after this week |
| 28 | You did n't know whether you you did n't know whether you got day or night . |
| 29 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 30 | Erm but then she rang back later , I do n't know whether she contacted room bookings to try and get me a dining hall , but she said they might be able to have their dinner in the S C R. So that 's alright , I 'm okay . |