Example sentences of "[verb] in [v-ing] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He mentioned in passing that you had a lot of female visitors , that 's all . |
| 2 | However , because the customer does not need to state in writing that he wants to be treated as a private customer , it is best to have an express written consent . |
| 3 | Many headhunters themselves accept that some candidates are justified in considering that they have had a raw deal . |
| 4 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 5 | Such application may be made at the time when the order is made ; if not then applied for , the practice required , at least in some courts , is that the applicant should certify in writing that he has notified the other party of the intended application . |