Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [pers pn] have [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 2 | The Labour party does not like to know that it has been rumbled . |
| 3 | She did n't want him to know that she had been looking at him . |
| 4 | If it makes you feel any better , you may like to know that she 's been telling me that our separation was all my fault — because I was too proud to climb down , or admit I was in the wrong . |
| 5 | And it is important , for an understanding of Janey 's changing attitude to the boys , to know that she has been told their story . |
| 6 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 7 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 8 | Recent press coverage was given to a newly married couple , both aged 85 , who arrived at their hotel to discover that they had been allocated twin beds . |
| 9 | I thought that those were wise words when I read them and was delighted to find that they had been written by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border ( Mr. Maclean ) in The Lake District Herald only this week . |
| 10 | Women jeered at Blackshirts who made their way to them , only to find that they had been lured into a group of Communist sympathisers intent on vengeance . |
| 11 | All she could recollect was that she 'd been amazed to find that they 'd been born on practically the same day in August : she on the sixth , and he on the eighth . |
| 12 | If you are playing Dwarf Wars , for example , the adventurers might reach Hargrim 's tomb only to find that it has been defiled and looted . |
| 13 | I arrive at the venue to find that it has been changed at a whim to another hotel across the road ( ’ It 's much cooler and we 've got a cosy corner in the lounge , ’ the PR man assures me ) . |
| 14 | This happened to our Corporal Jane , who arrived back in camp after a brief visit to one of the neighbouring air fields to find that she had been posted to the Met Office at Group Headquarters , Huntingdon , and the corporal there , Rosemary Hilton , had received a reciprocal posting to Bourn . |
| 15 | Eventually all was well , pockets complete , only for her to find that she had been cutting out these pocket linings in her already prepared garment lining ! ! |
| 16 | Gorbachev declined to comment on the talks , other than to indicate that they had been inspired by the scale of the commercial links which already existed between their countries . |
| 17 | A similar case is GLC Police Commissioner v Strecker ( 1980 ) 71 Cr App R 113 ( DC ) — initialling goods to indicate that they had been stolen did not indicate possession . |
| 18 | However , as we become more emotionally mature , we begin to see that we have been hurt by the inconsistencies of our parents . |
| 19 | Shelley was beginning to see that she had been put in a very special place of importance in Miguel 's confidence . |
| 20 | It only needed a quick glance to see that he had been rebuking her , for her face was flushed and angry and he wore the grim look that made him appear so formidable . |
| 21 | The first step in the proceedings taken by a defendant is now governed by Ords 12 and 13 and has two functions — to acknowledge that he has been served with the writ and to give the plaintiff notice that he intends to defend the proceedings . |
| 22 | There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation . |
| 23 | The star , hailed a hero after reports that he piloted his crippled executive jet to safety , refused to confirm that he had been flying the plane . |
| 24 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 25 | we beg to state that we have been guided not by mere aesthetic reasons only , but our opinions are based upon the observance by the competitors of the instructions furnished for their guidance , together with the general disposition and arrangement of the plans , the practicability of the designs in a structural point of view , and their capability of convenient application to the public service . |
| 26 | " I have been connected with different unions for this last twenty years " , he declared to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1892 , " but I am sorry to state that they have been formed for the benefit of one man , for he has generally cleared out with the funds " . |
| 27 | In his confused state the Doctor could not reasonably have been expected to remember that he had been captured by Chelonians — creatures whose girth was of a considerably more impressive span than their height . |
| 28 | The Saudi Arabians , who had been expected to support Venezuela , adopted a low key approach , leading most commentators to suggest that they had been intimidated by Iraq 's belligerence . |
| 29 | The twelve select committees established by the Commons in December 1979 seem to have attracted enough criticism from the executive to suggest that they have been asking some pertinent questions , but their overall impact on policy has so far been slight . |
| 30 | In his judgment , Lord Justice Dillon rejected Mothercare 's claim for passing off because in particular the book taken as a whole , not merely its title , did not begin to suggest that it had been issued by or sponsored by or was in any way associated with Mothercare . |