Example sentences of "[vb infin] that they " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
2 | Do n't let the boys know that they have the power to cause a rift between you and your husband . |
3 | Many subsequently returned to their homes , all over the Soviet Union , where the local doctors may not know that they worked at Chernobyl and may therefore not recognise subsequent cancers or other problems as radiation-linked . |
4 | If I could know that they fell into the hands of men of learning and curiosity , I should be more easy about them . |
5 | How did I know that they would say yes so readily ? |
6 | He leant towards the young man now and , his voice dropping as if he were imparting a secret , he said , ‘ Do you know that they are one of the best brands sold by Harrods of London ? ’ |
7 | Before doing so , however , governors should know that they are responsible for understanding , complying with and enforcing national health and safety regulations . |
8 | She took the opportunity despite the fact that many of her colleagues let her know that they judged her disloyal . |
9 | Mortality statistics , too , are not restricted to the unemployed : how do we know that they are not indicating greater health problems in the population as a whole during times of economic difficulty ? |
10 | They would know that they are free to evaluate the religious teachings of past generations and choose their own allegiance , and seek truth where they wish . |
11 | It originates as a MEWING sound in tiny kittens , letting their mother know that they need some kind of help or that they are in some sort of trouble . |
12 | They did not reflect that they were young , they did not know that they were beautiful . |
13 | I do know that they were both very kind to their hired help and treated one or two more like sons than employees . |
14 | Did you know that they do 64 hours on the Filtonbased simulator ? |
15 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
16 | He does know that they 're powerful : ‘ I got used to playing around with Tony 's guitars , and although the fact that he sometimes detunes and uses very light strings does n't help the output , these pickups are very powerful — a fair bit more powerful than conventional humbuckers . ’ |
17 | They will not know that they are doing so — but that is what will happen . |
18 | All the drivers are exciting , and people who are stuck in this pattern of behaviour often have an incentive to stay in it — they feel that one day they will succeed , they will finally be perfect , they will at last please everyone ; they will prove that they can get everything done more quickly than everyone else , and they 'll know that they can undertake anything under the most difficult conditions . |
19 | The following recipes are all very low-calorie while at the same time festive — your guests will never know that they are ‘ being good ’ thanks to your careful planning — unless you tell them ! |
20 | Anyone who had read Hans Christian Andersen 's ‘ The Little Mermaid ’ would know that they did not and could not — not unless they married a mortal , as with Lúthien . |
21 | If they are going to succeed , above all they should know that they are men 's equals and be relaxed about it , even in the face of quite blatant unfairness — which they will meet . |
22 | Perhaps they 'd never know that they were moving at all . |
23 | Slazenger and sport go back a long way but did you know that they also have a great sports toiletries range ? |
24 | They would n't know that they 'd have to breathe out all the way up . |
25 | The trainees will know that they have achieved this competence . |
26 | Most researchers start from the assumption that it is morally wrong to conduct research on people who do not know that they are being studied , and will therefore tell them at least that they are writing a book , even if they are not wholly frank about what the book is going to be about . |
27 | Software602 sales manager Jan Muhlfeit said that the teenagers , all aged between 16 and 18 , had written a letter to the Alliance apologising for their actions — they claimed they did not know that they were doing anything wrong . |
28 | I did n't know that they produced according to peak |
29 | They certainly do n't know that they 're bidding against a phantom bid or they would n't bid ’ , he said . |
30 | Any council which has adopted ‘ wheely bins ’ — those menacing lidded daleks that line the pavement once a week — will know that they have increased the average volume of collected waste dramatically . |