Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd forgotten that I pay you a salary ! |
| 2 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
| 3 | My mum and dad deny that they make them a brew , but when I get home there 's usually 20 dirty cups outside the door . ’ |
| 4 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 5 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |
| 6 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 7 | Erm it was felt that it warranted something a lot stronger than that . |
| 8 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
| 9 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
| 10 | Two , our institute has its own hall and as this is now about seventy years old and was not particularly well built in the first place , you will understand that it costs us a good deal in money and effort to literally keep the roof over our heads . |
| 11 | Bacteriologists immediately recognised that it gave them a unique opportunity to study the evolutionary processes governing bacterial resistance — as a synthetic antibiotic it could not be influenced by preexisting resistance genes . |
| 12 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
| 13 | I guess that it gave her a sense of independence and allowed her personality , which was fairly dominant , to develop . |
| 14 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
| 15 | Anne felt that she considered her a green fool , and Mabel was indignant that Hetty was very ready to accept the ‘ perks ’ of the job , such as the cakes and bread given to the staff by Mrs Dyson , and the extra money from Mr Dyson , but was always on the alert for any infringement of her rights . |
| 16 | They have asked that we give them a similar quantity from each department . |
| 17 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 18 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 19 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 20 | EPC 's expertise brings significant benefits to its members in the water and process industries , and the club 's continuing expansion indicates that they find it a cost-effective extension of in-house resources , as well as a focal point for keeping abreast of developments in the field of effluent treatment . |
| 21 | But while the large number of coins means that they give us a large quantity of information , their small size and the consequent brevity of their inscriptions greatly restricts the level of interpretation we can make from them compared with , say , a lengthy edict of a Roman emperor fully inscribed on stone . |
| 22 | If you do not keep a dream diary , I strongly recommend that you give it a try . |
| 23 | One of our most faithful customers has written to say that she sees us a ‘ a crusade gathering strength as time marches on ’ . |
| 24 | I suppose I should be flattered that you gave me an ‘ A ’ — though I 'd be better pleased if you thought enough of me to send my flowers in person , instead of by remote control . |
| 25 | She had to admit that he worried her a lot . |
| 26 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |