Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] that they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who checks up on employers to see that they keep their side of the bargain ? |
| 2 | When the illicit treat was over Richard insisted that they find their benefactor , now at work in the hot , wasp-infested interior of the raspberry cage , and thank him . |
| 3 | Archibald Campbell of Port Ellen tells that they built their own houses on their holdings and " nearly all the householders in the village have one cow . " |
| 4 | Archibald Campbell of Port Ellen tells that they built their own houses on their holdings and " nearly all the householders in the village have one cow . " |
| 5 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
| 6 | So devastated were they when she announced that the term was due to end last week for a long Easter break that they begged her to let them continue . |
| 7 | Depth of sleep Many parents say that they think their child wets the bed because of being in such deep sleep . |
| 8 | Workers at Dowty aerospace can at least take comfort in one thing — the firms management say that they hope their streamlining programme is now at an end and that no further major redundancies will be announced . |
| 9 | Letters have been sent out to all parents asking that they keep their children away from other nurseries while tests are carried out . |
| 10 | The proportion responding that they thought they could trust the United Sates " a great deal " was 62% ( up from 45% in 1975 ) , a figure not matched by any other country : the closest was Norway , which 37% thought they could trust to the same extent . |
| 11 | His brothers had not replied , and his parents wrote that they hoped he was not hurrying into marriage , but that he was old enough to decide for himself . |
| 12 | While staying at The Vyne in Hampshire at the end of the last century , Lord Charles Beresford made a spectacular conquest which led to the object of his desire suggesting that they furthered their acquaintance in her room after the rest of the party had retired . |
| 13 | Two-thirds of a random sample of 54 of those with tinnitus showed that they found it disturbing , 72 per cent experienced it continuously , 18.5 per cent frequently and only 9.25 per cent occasionally . |
| 14 | Will he take this opportunity to confirm that it is the three strands that will form the basis of any future talks , and that against that background there will always be the Anglo-Irish Agreement , until the two Governments feel that they have something that transcends it ? |
| 15 | And I think that there 's a massive problem that needs to be addressed , and I think we should involve those people themselves , also in looking at what the issues are , it 's all very well for people to decide , workers to think that they know what the issues are . |
| 16 | NIGEL BURKE argues that they subvert our system of justice |
| 17 | If managers say that they gain their vision and their pragmatic skill informally and from diverse sources , if they see their own development as something which took many years and came from a wide range of contexts , it is unlikely that a short-term substitute can be found which will fit into either the narrow limits of brief in-service training courses , year-long secondments or part-time study in higher education . |
| 18 | Stray bullets flying across their heads from both trenches ensured that they kept themselves low to the ground . |
| 19 | The princes of the realms decided that they needed someone to rally round and lead them in the event that war should come again . |
| 20 | Most people ensure that they spend their lives working for something which they think has a future , and which will provide the sort of life and opportunity that they wish for themselves and their dependants . |
| 21 | From Wimpey Homes to Dr A.J. Watson stating that they regretted their inability to level the area of open space and provide some form of play equipment at Baberton Mains . |
| 22 | This can be expressed by people saying that they feel they want a child for their fulfilment as human beings . |
| 23 | Many people find that they drop their meditation practice or whatever it is at precisely the time when they think they need it most — i.e. when they are feeling most stressed . |
| 24 | By taking part , individuals also put direct pressure on the Government to ensure that some real action is taken at the Earth Summit — politicians will only act when enough people demand that they do something . |
| 25 | All of Gabriel 's people think that they know everything . |
| 26 | I filled four pages which I sent with a footnote requesting that they send me some books . |
| 27 | Several townspeople were so depressed at the semi-popish ways of Charles I and Archbishop Laud that they took their idealism to the New World , to a new and more perfect Dorchester . |
| 28 | After hearing the evidence the justices announced that they found him guilty , but on hearing of his previous convictions they decided that they would not deal with the case and committed him for trial to quarter sessions . |
| 29 | It is n't a good system , and we have now heard both Jimmy Airlie and John Edmunds say that they hope it will be the last time it is used . |
| 30 | Then word came that they wanted me to do a test ! |