Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is resolved when Chris announces that his conference has been put forward to 5 June , although something in his manner suggests to Matty that he got the date wrong in the first place . |
| 2 | The day before Mr Yeltsin 's broadside , the new prime minister , Valentin Pavlov , confirmed to parliament that he was planning to increase retail prices by an average of 60% , with wages and benefits to rise 50% in compensation . |
| 3 | Following announcement of the settlement , the government admitted that it had blundered in its handling of the affair , and on Oct. 30 Antall went so far as to suggest to parliament that he should resign ( no formal resignation offer was made , however ) . |
| 4 | Mozart wrote to Constanze that it was attracting full houses , and several numbers — ‘ Mann und Weib ’ , Papageno 's glockenspiel in the Act One finale , and the trio of the three boys from Act II ( ‘ Sied uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen ’ ) had to be repeated . |
| 5 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
| 6 | There are stone pots and earthenware ones with luxury glazes , ancient pots that you find at house sales in the country , and , of course , plastic pots which now come textured and coloured so closely to terracotta that they can not be told apart . |
| 7 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 8 | So absurd was the idea to Weinberger that he seems never to have understood the hold it acquired over other people , including the President . |
| 9 | Although Mr Brown normally enjoys his independence and likes his fiat , he admitted to sister that he felt a little apprehensive about going home . |
| 10 | He said he was pleased about the help offered to him but stressed to sister that he regarded the need for help as temporary : " Until I 'm really back on my feet again " . |
| 11 | There is a feeling of partnership and a commitment to partnership that I have not seen before . |
| 12 | No report of the treatment appears to have been published at the time , but evidence has come to light that he did indeed treat at least one patient , a young nurse with a persistent abscess resulting from injuries received in a street accident . |
| 13 | If it comes to light that I was in that house with Adam and the others , he thought with cold clarity , if someone tells the papers , or the police and thence the papers , that I was there during the summer of 1976 , living there , it will be all up with me . |
| 14 | This situation would be one humdinger of a funny story to tell his city friends over a drink or two — and perhaps to boast to Corosini that he 'd wrapped her around his little finger with a few husky phrases and a glimpse of his superlative body . |
| 15 | The next year Meehan wrote to Beltrami that he had heard on the prison grapevine that Waddell 's accomplice at Ayr was a well-known Glasgow villain named William ( ‘ Tank ’ ) McGuinness , a vicious little man with a long record that included violence . |
| 16 | She phoned , and she goes at no she goes , she said to mummy that she 's gon na drop off some clothes cos they have n't been washed erm let , one of them lot washing . |
| 17 | And did you mention to Steen that you 'd got the photographs at any time ? ’ |
| 18 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
| 19 | The Bank has indicated to IBOA that it has no intention of introducing Performance Related Pay across these Grades . |
| 20 | It 's not really up to me to judge that they are the best ever . |
| 21 | It was n't until Juliet was sent to lunch that she remembered her rendezvous with David at three o'clock . |
| 22 | At a guess , he may have heard from his colleague who came here to lunch that I feel rather isolated professionally at the moment . |
| 23 | He was also bored with Yolande and started bringing home girls , suggesting to Yolande that they try a threesome . |
| 24 | He protested to Law that he was doing everything possible to hold Lancashire steady , but he was actually doing all he could to keep the issue alive , including the sending of a questionnaire to all the Lancashire constituencies . |
| 25 | He made it clear to Law that he did not think that Law was well qualified to be leader and that he reserved the right to contest any future vacancy , but Austen was too loyal a man to conspire ; relations were not very friendly , but there was total cooperation . |
| 26 | Existing stations must be brought into line with EC standards by December 1995 , but as you know the Computing Sub-Group has recommended to Management that we comply with the legislation as soon as practicable . |
| 27 | The kind of pragmatic approach to pedagogy that I have outlined here depends on the recognition of the importance of intellectual effort and puts theoretical rigour at the service of practical relevance . |
| 28 | I 'd just like to second that it was a good day and also to point out as the er man who made the postcards we should n't get too excited about this as a money making scheme . |
| 29 | This led Charles Knight , Editor of the Penny Magazine , to suggest to Kitto that he prepare an illustrated bible . |
| 30 | I suggest to Council that we adopt the following approach : |