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