Example sentences of "and that they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said that Arabs were savages and that they ate nothing but camel dung . ’ |
| 2 | If anyone feels they 've missed out on the award and that they know someone they fell ought to have been nominated , then they should do so next year . |
| 3 | it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up |
| 4 | Er and in both cases it was er a feeling of insecurity , and that they felt they would be more secure going to a different part of the organization . |
| 5 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 6 | Almost as many shattered the popular misconception that women prefer a cosy cuddle to the sexual act , and that they prefer their husbands or partners to initiate/take charge of their sex lives . |
| 7 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 8 | The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it . |
| 9 | Couns Williams and Dixon confirmed that their view of Mr Major 's achievements and thoughts for the future differed from his , that they would not be sending donations and that they thought it was a complete cock-up . |
| 10 | B. Hunslett claims the Service Crew were the first élitist group to travel the country with the casual look , and that they brought it to the attention of the general public . |
| 11 | It is easy enough to put another interpretation on the behaviour of the Robinses , to argue that they were doing their best in trying circumstances ( to forbid German was not a bad way of teaching English ) , and that they had their work cut out dealing with precocious children . |
| 12 | However , after the March 1990 elections ministers reassured white farmers that their interests would be protected and that they had nothing to fear . |
| 13 | Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to reflect on the excellent report produced by Professor Glennerster and published by the King 's Fund , which shows that fund-holding practices are more effective and efficient in delivering health care to patients , and that they use their resources much better ? |
| 14 | This makes it especially important that they be carefully selected for the work they do , that their tasks and functions be appropriate and clearly defined , and that they receive whatever training is needed to ensure that they can perform their jobs adequately . |
| 15 | ‘ That is so , Mr Chairman , but I gather that there is a very strong bond among these people between brothers-in-law and that they regard them as we do blood brothers . |
| 16 | It should be understood , however , that in consequence of the constitutional position of the Crown , the Crown has the right to change its employees ' conditions of service at any time , and that they hold their appointments at the pleasure of the Crown . |
| 17 | the oppositions between authority and freedom , self-expression and self-control , and masculinity and femininity , are among the basic conflicts around which an individual 's life develops and that they cover his responses to a wide range of logically unrelated issues … they represent some of the earliest developmental crises through which each individual in this particular culture passes : the impact of parental authority ; the demand for self-control , first physical , later verbal ; and the establishment of a satisfactory sexual identity . |
| 18 | Some methods avoid native language explanations altogether on the grounds that such explanations can only be abstract and confusing to the learner , and that they make him spend his time not so much in learning the language but rather in learning about the language ( Mackey 1965 p 240 ) . |
| 19 | Both the above-mentioned works show that ballets based on the life of real people require that choreographers closely observe the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of all types of person and that they make them recognisable in order that they convey meaning . |
| 20 | Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients . |
| 21 | Yet we can not claim that our sensory reality is more real than theirs : that we see it the ‘ right ’ way and that they see it in some less than real manner . |
| 22 | And that they found it easier when they that that English was English and Orcadian was Orcadian . |
| 23 | At Exeter in 1726 the serge weavers were said to have " Clubs , where none but weavers are admitted ; and that they have their ensigns and flags hung out at the door of their meetings " . |
| 24 | In 1895 , the Royal Free appointed an official ‘ almoner ’ to ensure that patients were genuinely poor and that they contributed what they could afford to their treatment . |
| 25 | The coins show that contemporary Romans kept returning to the iconography not just of war , but of conquest , and that they presented themselves as following in the footsteps of Alexander ; this is an important contribution to our understanding of their aspirations at the time . |
| 26 | Poindexter remembered that Casey invited himself , that they ate sandwiches , and that they discussed what Casey had said in his briefing of Congress the previous day . |
| 27 | If we look at it another way , we can suggest that many physics students feel that they must accept what they are told by their departments and that they find it difficult to challenge what they are told . |
| 28 | ‘ It was the first time that he realized there were officers and that they treat you badly because you 're not like them . |
| 29 | On the other hand in the fact that they were not limited by any central representative institutions , and that they based their power largely on their armies and bureaucracies , they were in the main stream of continental absolutism . |
| 30 | It is generally accepted that the Etruscans were of foreign origin , of a mixed Hellenic and Oriental culture , probably but far from certainly from Asia Minor , and that they established themselves in central Italy , in the area between the Arno and the Tiber , in the eighth century B.C. The civilisation appears to have developed and grown quickly and extensively and , by about 700 B.C. , the Etruscans were living an urban life in fine cities with wealthy citizens , and were capable of a high standard of building and visual and literary arts . |