Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] [pron] have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A romantic orphan , though , who was able to accept that he had caused his brother to suffer . |
| 2 | to know that we 've got something tied up |
| 3 | I know it will give as much joy and satisfaction to you as it will to me , to know that we have played our part in this great crusade for children 's health . |
| 4 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 5 | It gave her confidence a boost to know that she had spotted him , and it made her actions easy . |
| 6 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 7 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 8 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 9 | In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her . |
| 10 | To find that she 'd pinched his windpipe shut . |
| 11 | Years later , when I met , through Eliot 's sister-in-law , that charming , modest , retiring lady in Brooklyn , I was relieved to find that she had liked what I had written about her . |
| 12 | Not unless B S I we to were to exs , expect to see that we have audited everything before they came . |
| 13 | We need to see that they have taken it into account . |
| 14 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 15 | We had to repossess what fate had handed us on a plate , and the only way to do this was to claim that we had willed it all along . |
| 16 | Therefore it is nonsense for the Opposition to claim that we have done nothing at all about the problems of retraining . |
| 17 | Night fell , and Bodie was prowling the streets , searching for the girl , waiting for the call from Control to confirm that they had located her getaway car . |
| 18 | It did not seem to matter that she had borne him a son . |
| 19 | Could n't it have been to escape from having to realize that she 'd killed her lover ? |
| 20 | One constable had the temerity to state that we had had nothing to eat since 9.30 a.m . |
| 21 | Better to remember that he had called her sweetheart tonight , and it had been as much a sham as his kiss . |
| 22 | Whatever they do , it ca n't be the placebo effect : she 'd need to remember that she 'd taken something . |
| 23 | She ceased to wonder that he had survived his long ordeal of flight and hiding and hunger ; he was durable beyond most men . |
| 24 | ‘ It might still be a bit premature to suggest that we have made it if we beat Lithuania , but it would then become very close especially as we play them again in Dublin in September . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then you are being excessively flattering , to suggest that I have put it ‘ all ’ together . ’ |
| 26 | Still hopelessly divided , they expected to hear that he had tendered their collective resignations to the King . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that you 've found someone to help you with the children at last , ’ he said , sitting down on the sofa beside her . |
| 28 | This is when I came to suspect that I had missed something of importance . |
| 29 | Yet it would be anachronistic to assume that they had surrendered their rights in anticipation of Marxist theories about the superiority of the all-Russian market , or that they felt a particular brotherly love towards the Great Russian folk . |
| 30 | However much we may lament Mr Swinton 's recent seclusion , we are forced to conclude that it has done him nothing but good . |