Example sentences of "[prep] the impression that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we travelled the best part of the Ukraine and we also dipped into and er we were there about a month , just under a month , and erm one of the impressions that I got there , just as an ordinary chap , no , not learned politically so I ca n't speak on the level er of most of your callers today , but er , I realise that here you had er people , in actual fact my my comment was the country 's half finished , everywhere you went there were building constructions so far incomplete , er projects underway and you 've got the impression that they did need communism in a way to make the thing work er , the er , let's take the Ukrainians , I mean that , that 's where the Cossacks come from and they love a good time , er those sort of people in a way need a strong government . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , do n't run away with the impression that we 're not concerned , ’ says the official defensively . |
| 3 | My dealings with the café owner have left me with the impression that he has got to breaking point with the number of canoeists being attracted to the Fairy Glen and has singled out a canoeist who happens to drive a red Escort van and has used this as an excuse for stopping other canoeists when the real reason goes much deeper and in my opinion is linked to financial gain . |
| 4 | He left her with the impression that he would be proceeding to the States . |
| 5 | Most of those who saw the General in the weeks after his resignation did not come away with the impression that he was on the edge of his seat waiting to be asked back . |
| 6 | But I must n't let you run away with the impression that I spent all my time lounging around the pool . |
| 7 | WHY is it that hotel owners and operators put so much emphasis on recruiting professional ‘ hotel designers ’ to create the right hotel , but , when it comes to the inclusion of leisure facilities , then they appear to approach any designer , with the impression that it can be addressed from a design viewpoint just like any other area ? |
| 8 | Visitors to the Egyptian force in Saudi Arabia come away with the impression that it will not hesitate to join an attack if ordered to do so . |
| 9 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 10 | Graham Greene sarcastically remarked of the latter that ‘ Both the director and the star seem to labour under the impression that they are producing something important ’ , and the film 's success was enough to assure Wilcox that Hungarian naughtiness should give way to solemn patriotism . |
| 11 | ‘ Younger stylists are also under the impression that they 're getting into an exciting and glamorous business , ’ said Trevor . |
| 12 | Some members of the backbench Tory Treasury committee are under the impression that they virtually dictated his budget — which is harmless and quite touching . |
| 13 | The bloody fools seem to have been under the impression that they had performed rather well . |
| 14 | On catching sight of me she threw up her head , and as I was not looking in her direction she stood stock still , as these animals have a habit of doing when they are under the impression that they have not been seen . |
| 15 | Under the surface , just how much of the Sun 's object work is done in-house is apparently causing some consternation amongst some third party players who were under the impression that they 'd be getting a bigger slice of the development cake . |
| 16 | Two bison , painted 15,000 years ago in a cave known as the Grotte de Mayrieres near Bruniquel , France , were virtually erased when Boy Scouts decided to give them a spring clean under the impression that they were graffiti . |
| 17 | Influenced by a learned correspondent , Girolamo Mei , a philologist and student of ancient Greek music and drama who rightly believed Greek music to have been monodic ( but seemingly supplied Galilei with thirteenth-century Byzantine melodies to Mesomedes ' hymns under the impression that they were ancient ) , Galilei argued that the polyphonic ‘ music of today is not of great value for expressing the passions of the mind by means of words , but is of value merely for the wind and stringed instruments , from which the ear … desires nothing but the sweet enjoyment of the variety of their harmonies … |
| 18 | Many companies have been obliged to cease trading while under the impression that they were doing well ; the press tends to report that they were ‘ overstretched ’ . |
| 19 | Many companies have been obliged to cease trading while under the impression that they were doing well ; the press tends to report that they were ‘ overstretched ’ . |
| 20 | I think most men are under the impression that we all want to look like Samantha Fox , but if you have a big chest it 's very difficult to handle all the hassle you get when you walk down the street . |
| 21 | I was under the impression that we could choose our books . |
| 22 | I was under the impression that we shared certain things equally . |
| 23 | ‘ We are supposed to be prospective man and wife , ’ he said , still rubbing his chest , ‘ and Margrida is under the impression that we 're madly in love . ’ |
| 24 | I write with a strong sense of the necessity of continuing our — talk , and without premeditation , under the impression that you were indeed as much struck as I was by our quite extraordinary to ask if it would be possible for me to call on you , perhaps one day next week . |
| 25 | There 's nothing wrong with the taste , but it 's a culinary shock if you order one or two for dessert under the impression that you are about to eat some oriental sweetmeat . |
| 26 | But surely it is the duty of an influential paper like yours to point out to your readers the facts that marriage and ‘ scoring ’ babies are the cause of more nervous breakdowns , violence and jumping off tall buildings under the impression that you can fly than any other form of domestic arrangement . |
| 27 | But I warn you , Mr Jacobsen , you may be under the impression that you have some sort of droit de seigneur over make-up artists but , let me assure you , you 're way off the mark . |
| 28 | Deftly turning the conversation , she said , ‘ Betty tells me the village people are very intrigued by the two veterinary practices here , and Joanna would n't be too pleased if she knew that they are firmly under the impression that you only do small animals and Robert and Ian are large-animal vets . ’ |
| 29 | And there is one particularly prescient episode , where a group of weavers attacks his house under the impression that he has invented a ‘ steam loom ’ that will rob them of their livelihood . |
| 30 | Then a confederate of X called on the defendants , who delivered the coats to him under the impression that he was the plaintiffs ' agent . |