Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pron] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan returns , suggesting that you need to be in a sheltered spot for minimum discomfort ; he thinks that constipation is to be feared almost as much as the wind . |
| 2 | And there was a lady in the , in his congregation he preached to masses , to thousands and thousands of people , and she came to him , she was , she was annoyed , she was a rather er , well-to-do lady , and she was offended at this this preaching that she had to be born again , and that people had to have this new birth experience . |
| 3 | OMG 's work so far ‘ has been like defining that there have to be lights on the the wing tips of aeroplanes . ’ |
| 4 | Almost , but erm one could certainly arrive at a situation of the sort you 're imagining that we want to be sure that when we look at some very exotic phenomena in the past of the universe , which has no parallel on earth , erm or in our vicinity , how can we be sure that the laws of physics that we 've deduced on earth really apply ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ For instant rotifers , just add water , ’ comments Lyall Watson , in Supernature , adding that there seems to be no reason why these desiccated specks should not fly higher , even finding their way into space . |
| 7 | Putting more money into the taxi part scheme , a scheme that is anything but everybody in the surrounding authorities , how many of us have had letters from the residents of Gerton or Promberton or wherever else complaining that they want to be included in this scheme . |
| 8 | Nor that the reason she had sent Maggie to an all-girls ' school was not to protect her from evil-minded youths , but to protect her from the sort of teaching that she seemed to be getting . |
| 9 | In this case , it is another way of saying that we wish to be governed neither by elected representatives nor by our own countrymen . |
| 10 | One may deal briefly with Molla Arab 's supposed first period of office as Mufti , simply saying that there appears to be no more evidence for it than for the rest of Katib Celebi 's construction of the facts concerning the history of the office in the early years , which is not , however , to say that the statement ( or the construction , for that matter ) may be dismissed entirely ( cf. below , n. 166 , for example ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Now we 're saying that there has to be a complete ban on overtime and that they should resist moral blackmail . ’ |
| 12 | Aunt Emily said , ‘ If you read it , dear child , it will take away your fear , ’ and Alexandra , stubbornly remembering Michael Swinton 's saying that she seemed to be working out her own salvation and feeling that the decision to read the journal must be part of that working out , shook her head and sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas . |
| 13 | What we will be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that customers can see before they enter into the transaction and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 14 | No , what we would be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that the customers can see before they enter into the transaction , and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 15 | Ah but I believed if I 'm going to discuss or argue about anything as regarding that I had to be interested in it . |
| 16 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 17 | I 've had three letters now , one from David , one from you and one from Beeston all assuming that I seem to be dealing with this subject , erm it 's a Beeston commitment |
| 18 | He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’ |
| 19 | Jobs with the bigger practices have practically dried up , so we 're finding that we have to be much more flexible in the type of experience we 'll accept — a year working on a site for Wimpey , for example . ’ |
| 20 | I remember thinking that there seemed to be one hell of a lot of buttons on the average Mother Christmas costume . |
| 21 | ‘ Is this the kind of thing you want , old thing ? ’ he enquired kindly , obviously feeling that she needed to be humoured . |
| 22 | His aim was thus to keep the Herbert hegemony intact , while ensuring that it continued to be used in the royal interest . |
| 23 | His aim was thus to keep the Herbert hegemony intact , while ensuring that it continued to be used in the royal interest . |