Example sentences of "that nobody [modal v] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew that nobody would worry about us until much later that evening , as the fog was seldom noticeable as serious in the valley , even when it was very thick in the mountains . |
| 2 | Dreading that nobody would look after her when they died , the couple drove the 25-year-old girl to a beauty spot and rigged up a device to fill the car with deadly exhaust fumes . |
| 3 | The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided . |
| 4 | Escalating crime figures prove that nobody can afford to be complacent about security . |
| 5 | This guarantees total inadequacy , but the pay-off is ( a ) the knowledge that nobody could cope with all fifteen , and that therefore the failure does not reflect badly on him personally , and ( b ) some self-righteousness at how hard he is trying to contribute , and resentment at those who are not ‘ pulling their weight . |
| 6 | The coffin had to have an extra lining and the lid was screwed down earlier than it might have been , so that nobody could look on them dead , except the undertaker who came to the house and wore a mask and Liam who insisted on being with them all the time . |
| 7 | Now say for instance that because of the minimum solvency er agreement the employers have got to pay whatever their loss is , and if and I asked this question of the T U C that if there was a situation of where the employees were in the majority and forget the pension regulator , because there was a regulator anyway , so you can add whatever name that y you liked to have , but the fraud still went on , but say the employees were in the majority as far as the trustees is concerned and they were in full control and the control was taken away from the employers and there was a a federation of the hundred and twenty eight thousand with a central fund paying off heavy loss of any minimum solvencies , then surely that would be the ideal situation in order to safeguard , because when I asked Goodey himself when he submitted his report , he said they could not give any categ categorical assurance that nobody could defraud in any scheme under the proposals he 's made . |
| 8 | Am I really so insignificant that nobody will listen to me ? ’ |