Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [pron] [vb past] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | Maybe she would think that he wanted them . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Well let's see that you got them right shall we ? |
| 5 | The avowed purpose of the public schools was to produce leaders , and if we are to understand by leaders rulers capable of extracting the voluntary compliance of the ruled , we must concede that they produced them . |
| 6 | I could n't even pretend that I wanted them ! |
| 7 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 8 | When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing . |