Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Well do I know that we drove you into flight .
2 Did you know that they exiled me — me !
3 ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ?
4 ‘ You did n't know that he acquired them through his wife who must have got them while she was housekeeper-companion to Mrs Armitage ? ’
5 We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft .
6 But first she must know that he loved her .
7 ‘ I do n't know that he wanted it .
8 I do n't know that I meant you to guess anything , ’ he said grudgingly .
9 " And you wo n't let him know that I phoned you ? "
10 ‘ But you were Mr Russell 's only child , my dear , and you must not doubt that he loved you , even if he did n't always make it perfectly apparent . ’
11 ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ .
12 Maybe she would think that he wanted them .
13 Often they will comment that they did it deliberately , for some poor reason or other , or say that they could , of course , have touched down earlier if they had really tried .
14 His debts to her were never-ending and yet she had never once made him feel that he owed her anything .
15 The Coke was cold and Harry drank it gratefully , even though he could feel that it brought him out in an instant sweat .
16 ‘ But why did it matter that she teased you , love ? ’
17 Does Mike have some er Georgian Hotel , look at that Christmas jokes , Daddy , Eddie 's broken my new dog how did he do that I hit him on the head with it Why is Father Christmas unemployed ?
18 I could swear that he told me he did n't know !
19 Now you can assume that whoever put him in just made a mistake , or panicked , and could n't find enough bullets , or something , but the careful cutting out of all those clothes labels does n't look like panic , or making careless mistakes .
20 As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way .
21 Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust .
22 It does n't show that they wanted it .
23 Qualified privilege may be claimed if the member of the council making the statement about a person can show that he made it without malice and in pursuit of a public duty .
24 Despite her eccentricity and the fact that they could n't help laughing at her , the Girls would readily acknowledge that she gave them as much , if not more , affection than they had received from their own parents .
25 Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map ,
26 But you must believe that I kept you here not because I wanted to , but because I believed it my duty to those whom God ( or , well , the Company anyway ) has placed in my care .
27 You will remember that we met him in the last commercial .
28 ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan !
29 Now that the lights are on I do n't suspect that she drove him to suicide .
30 And at the same time the racing of her blood was only partly fear , and she could see that he knew it , that he had discovered this power and tuned it to performance pitch , that the insults were a kind of invitation , the display of force a plea turned upside down , and she also wanted , because she longed to please , to take off her clothes then and there and let him down from his prideful pose , and soothe him with her obedience to his rage .
  Next page