Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] they " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 " . |
3 | The assembled friends were told by Brendan Bracken in tones of wonderment that Churchill — that great Francophile — had rung to bellow that he would watch them die without a qualm if they ‘ ratted on Poland as they had ratted on Czechoslovakia , ’ while Bob Boothby told them repeatedly how he had exhorted Winston to ‘ break Chamberlain and take his place ’ . |
4 | Misunderstanding and lack of trust — People do not understand its implications and perceive that it might cost them more than they will gain . |
5 | Are you suggesting that I should ignore them ? |
6 | Chicken , beef , lamb , vegetable and fish stock cubes mean that you can store them in the cupboard for use when you feel like making a pan of soup for the family . |
7 | But I believed that I could avoid them , with some help from the Vadinamian processes themselves . |
8 | As far as other firms facing financial difficulties are concerned , she says that she would advise them to consider IVA at an early stage . |
9 | In London during the Great Plague people chewed on the root , believing that it would protect them from the disease . |
10 | Just as Chairman of governors of the local boys school , we 've er , as Mr knows only too well , have written on a number of occasions erm saying how soon will the er these measures be brought forward , and I welcome them and er hope that we will agree them . |
11 | I know that the Minister may not be in a position to respond in detail to the comments made on this subject by the hon. Member for Cardiff , North and me , but I hope that he will take them on board and I ask him to write to us on these important local issues . |
12 | After their relegation last season , Ballymena will be out to prove a point , and I hope that I can help them achieve that . ’ |
13 | Her girlfriends , particularly her former flatmates , would have rallied round but she did not feel that she could inflict them with such a burden of responsibility . |
14 | They estimated that it would take them four months to build the cells , the measuring equipment and constant temperature baths . |
15 | Claudia had wanted more fittings and Dana had promised that she would fit them in , but time passed and the dress still hung , swathed in its wrappings , awaiting her pleasure . |
16 | The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them . |
17 | I can not believe that you will burn them . |
18 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
19 | Cumberland , an eye-witness recorded , ‘ jumped around the room with joy ’ on learning he could resume his pursuit of the rebels , ‘ and declared that he would follow them to the further part of Scotland . ’ |
20 | An acquaintance of mine arrived some weeks later to be told that he could have them if he had turned up sooner . |
21 | The turbo-alternator manufacturers reckoned that it would enable them to cut between six and nine months off delivery dates , and the boiler-makers reckoned the standardisation of boilers to supply steam to the standard units would also speed up construction . |
22 | When those arrested threatened the lord mayor that they would inform the King how they were dealt with , he defiantly replied that he would save them the trouble and do it himself . |
23 | When I talk about positions and opportunities for pictures I do n't suggest that you can plan them all . |
24 | We know that we can open them , and when we use them we go into a world full of exciting possibilities . ’ |
25 | They also sensed that it would help them to make sure that managed competition was made to work ; they feared that , if it failed , politicians might opt for a government-run programme that would cut them out entirely . |
26 | For many , even Jewish descent only started to matter when the Nazi racial madness decreed that it should define them . |
27 | He seemed so pleased with himself that I could n't help saying that I should mind them very much myself but that I had no objection to his wearing them — a view which I believed surprised him . |
28 | Hitherto , when they asked us to obey those laws , we have known that we could change them , but hereafter a combination of people with different languages , understandings and cultures can set , and are by combination setting , upon us standards , rules and laws which may be suitable for Greece , central or northern Europe , France or Spain but which are not right for us . |
29 | Yes , but we decided that we would ask them what , they could offer us first , or what they wanted , that is . |
30 | Some plants and animals are becoming scarce in the intensely farmed parts of East Lothian but here is a chance to ensure that you will see them . |