Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] it [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 2 | That these implications of Moore 's methodology seem strange might only show that it can guide us to unexpected ethical truths . |
| 3 | No need to stiffen up like that — you must see that it would affect me professionally . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I feel sure you 'll understand that it will give me great satisfaction to entertain your niece 's young cousin . |
| 5 | He notes further to the comments above that while the substitution of will in ( 16 ) " would merely say that it would cost him a fortune if he took them home " ( idea of conditionality ) , the be going to construction expresses the idea of a " current orientation " towards the realization of the infinitive 's event ( here the speaker 's intention to take the books home ) . |