Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] that [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That was important to her , I suppose she could convince herself that you belonged to her . ’
2 Parents often feel that their children should not have everything that they ask for and try to provide some restraint .
3 But you do n't got you might not have one that you go into specifically in too much detail
4 So one may take it that everyone receives at least a smattering ; and more flexible A-level and university courses make it possible for people to combine more advanced science with arts subjects in a way that was virtually impossible in my day .
5 ‘ Do I take it that you work for the same man as the two who broke into my house ? ’ she asked .
6 ‘ Now , now , do n't tell me that you put on that dress tonight in all naïveté ? ’ he asked humorously .
7 You may tell me that I went to the wrong place to begin with — and I can now agree .
8 I 'd also like to say , Mr. Chairman , that er , I did n't recognise the hospital you said , where we did this operation , , erm , if you want to , see me afterwards , I 'll tell you that you take at the hospital .
9 I can tell you that he lived at number forty-one I think , yes forty- one if , if you know if you want any confirmation , that is correct .
10 The ‘ worrier ’ by contrast , is so concerned he might forget something that he struggles through airports with three huge suitcases and a plethora of hand baggage .
11 ‘ You will not tell him that you know of his lapse , will you ? ’
12 Did he tell her that you finished with him ?
13 If these claims fail , others who should be protecting her interests will tell her that she contributed to the situation by being in male territory .
14 Or they could tell themselves that they belonged to a European Community from which they were in fact , until very recently , separated by a long stretch of communist-occupied territory ; and that too was not exactly convincing .
15 Simply from examining the bones the experts can tell us that she suffered from childhood illness and spent a lot of her life sitting on her heels using her left hand , perhaps grinding corn .
16 Right , it 's about this erm lady , I 'll make it that she lived on Dartmoor with her erm grandson erm and her moth and he sa daughter and she is a gran , she was a grandlady a grandmother .
17 An example of the latter is Anderson 's condemnation of McKendrick 's drunken and hypocritical criticism of the footballers ( " May I remind you that you profess to be something of a pragmatist yourself in matters of ethics . "
18 ‘ I could find nothing that I knew to be untrue .
19 Having said all that , owls are still lovable and i do kid myself that they care about me .
20 They 'd say anything that you had on your mind — licketty split , licketty split , or ticketty boo , ticketty boo … ’
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