Example sentences of "they [vb base] that [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they fear that in calling for quiet , and seeking to ensure it where the subject declines to desist , they might themselves be the objects of violence , the offence is made out . |
| 2 | They say that by following basic advice illnesses , such as sore throats and diarrhoea , can be avoided . |
| 3 | They imagine that by designing such schemes and by imposing them on employers , they are protecting workers . |
| 4 | Now they know that in listening to information given by television , on television , er on radio , they can buy newspapers produced in Great Britain . |
| 5 | If they believe that by cutting the salaries of two or three people at the top of the operation they can pay for all those goodies they are living in cloud cuckoo land . |
| 6 | They 're afraid of their fears and they feel that by talking about it the children will actually have more problems , so children , being very aware of the adults ' fears , will not talk . |