Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To know that somebody could read your mind , or move an object without touching it , seems unbelievable . |
| 32 | It made me feel good to know that I could see him and he could n't see me , and that I was aware and fully conscious and he was n't . |
| 33 | It was expected that they would interview him later today . |
| 34 | And she had half expected that he would follow her and continue the argument . |
| 35 | If a man was lucky enough to get a job it was expected that he would use his position to find jobs for others in his family or village . |
| 36 | ‘ Though your Majesty 's affections may be very well known as to religion , ’ he urged , ‘ yet it may be expected that you should say something for the world 's satisfaction . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ It 's expected that you will get your hands dirty with ideas , ’ said a university spokesman . |
| 38 | Yeah and all you know things that it 's almost expected that you will understand what they mean . |
| 39 | Sri Lanka broke off diplomatic relations with Israel on April 20 , 1990 , announcing that it would restore them when Israel recognised the PLO , withdrew from the occupied territories and agreed to participate in an international peace conference . |
| 40 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 41 | Formally but icily they replied that they " do not desire to interfere with any views which he may have towards improving his position in life , but they expect that he will give them six months ' notice of his intention to resign the mastership of the School " . |
| 42 | We soon became fast friends , and the brothers joked that we should take him with us on our journey . |
| 43 | You must promise that you will show it to him as you have done to me . ’ |
| 44 | The Government wish that such increases were not happening , but realise that they can do nothing about them . |
| 45 | When I say that parents will receive this information , I must make it clear that it will not be available on application to those parents who realise that they can obtain it . |
| 46 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 47 | Morally , that is a vastly superior case to the one produced by the Government — and , alas , supported to some degree by the Opposition Front Bench — who say that we should fritter our resources so massively on something that we could never use . |
| 48 | They say they ca n't afford it , we say that we must afford it . |
| 49 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 50 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
| 51 | One minute they say you ca n't eat , and then they say that you can eat it ! |
| 52 | Just say that you will marry me . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Say that you will accept it , ’ Zurachina prompted . |
| 54 | People say that I can handle myself , but they have no idea what some of us went through . |
| 55 | I doubted that I would find one in time . |
| 56 | Hope had written an evasive reply which he would frank and give to George Wood to post for him but he doubted that he could deter him for much longer . |
| 57 | After a closer inspection of the young man , I doubted that he could help anyone . |
| 58 | Ruth doubted that anything would dim her stepmother 's exuberance for long . |
| 59 | She blushed guiltily as she realised he had refused a sweet , opting just for coffee , but then , she doubted that anything could test his willpower and not lose . |
| 60 | It was unlike any kiss that she could remember him giving her before . |