Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] that they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience has shown that they call for more work from officials , and that they meet with resistance from officials ( see Jenkins , 1978 ) . |
| 2 | I used to take them home on quite a number of occasions if I 'd known that they lived in the immediate vicinity . |
| 3 | I I could have sworn that they came off my skin . |
| 4 | We may not have known that they lay beneath the surface of our lives . |
| 5 | Commons Members unable to attend conference through sickness or because they are abroad on parliamentary business may send instruction to the secretary of the party or to a parliamentary colleague on how their vote shall be cast provided that they send to the secretary on or before the date on which conference opens an explanation in writing of their absence . |
| 6 | At first interview they had said that they worried about Mrs White , especially when they could not get over to see her , and that it was a bit of a strain on them both because neither of them was ‘ in perfect health ’ . |
| 7 | The Princesse had insisted that they gather at the Waldorf for a light lunch . |
| 8 | She had suggested that they look at Van Gogh together , setting up another form of repetition , deliberate , contrived and aesthetic . |
| 9 | Meetings are , of course , an important part of work ; indeed some people have calculated that they spend at least 60 per cent of their time in meetings of one sort or another . |
| 10 | Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are about but it 's reported that they centre on fraud and sexual abuse at Redoaks . |
| 11 | Analyses of outcropping Carboniferous shales have shown that they range from lean to rich . |
| 12 | Interviews with doctors who practise euthanasia have shown that they resort to LAWER when they have neither the courage nor cruelty to talk openly with patients , relatives , or colleagues . |