Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 2 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
| 3 | She told Spruce more or less what she 'd told the Archdeacon of her contact with Mrs Marr in London at St Sylvester 's Betterhouse mentioning Racy without revealing that he 'd phoned her on Sunday . |
| 4 | ‘ Barney 's as thrilled as I am , ’ Cara replied , revealing that she had phoned him as soon as she 'd read her mail . |
| 5 | And seeing that someone had joined them in the chapel , he pinched Caterina 's cheek , and lightly slapping her shoulder , said aloud , ‘ Away with you , find someone else to pester . ’ |
| 6 | Seeing that he had frightened her , Mungo tried to soften the blow . |
| 7 | Obviously , the volume of data by making notes and by taperecording that I acquired made it sensible for me to concentrate on the one school rather than the other . |
| 8 | I remember waking up and reaching down automatically and realising that they had shaved me which was my biggest shock . |
| 9 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 10 | Her look was so intense that Helen half-turned , almost believing that someone had opened it and was standing just inside the room . |
| 11 | She shrugged casually , hating to spoil the impression of intimacy between herself and Piers by confessing that he had told her nothing . |
| 12 | He went to look for it , remembering that he had used it a couple of times since October , trying to take the plugs out of the estate car . |
| 13 | Deliberately , he refrained from remarking that she had called him by his Christian name for the first time . |
| 14 | Valuation reports must be sent at least monthly ( whereas in non-derivative portfolios only a six-monthly statement is required ) although in each case a customer may advise the firm in writing that he wishes to receive them less frequently . |
| 15 | ‘ I just do n't hear about it at all from the sales force , ’ he said , adding that he 's heard it referred to by some as Windows for Warehouses — ‘ because it sits on shelves . ’ |
| 16 | It was over , and some were complaining that they had missed it . |
| 17 | Maria met Cavell 's watchful sapphire eyes and a furious resentment gripped her , felt on Cavell 's behalf almost as much as her own , because Luke could n't have spoken to her as he had earlier , openly stating that he intended to make her his mistress , if he had had any real regard for Cavell , or women in general , for that matter . |
| 18 | But if by any chance it were ever possible to locate this ‘ vernacular ’ in the usage of an informant , we would have no criteria for demonstrating that we had located it , any more than we could locate ‘ the dialect ’ in the speech of a single informant . |
| 19 | So here we 'd actually have a match of all three saying that we 've recognized it to a level three . |
| 20 | Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that . |
| 21 | Yeah , buy it in innocence and if it 's been robbed the police confiscate off you you get a piece of paper saying that they 've got it , and that 's it you 've you 've got nothing ! |
| 22 | and I keep on saying that I 've said it like about so many things when we 're at home and she goes , what is this you always saying well with everything . |
| 23 | ( He started the talk by saying that he had misled us , its true title was ‘ An Excuse for Vic Smith to Look at His Railway Slides Again ’ ! ) |
| 24 | Another boy wrote me a postcard saying that he wanted to marry me tomorrow ! |
| 25 | Jackson was so interested in what I was saying that he forgot to deny he knew what I was talking about . |
| 26 | He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor . |
| 27 | Finally , assuming that you have made it to the right starting line in plenty of time , wearing the right kit and your race number , and are facing the correct way when the cannon sounds , there is just one last piece of essential advice : do n't panic ! |
| 28 | I put up with with it then , knowing that I had chosen it . |
| 29 | You could achieve an effect just as good as that of the real thing , and have the pleasure of knowing that you 'd done it all yourself ! |
| 30 | And it must be a burden , knowing that your family thought you a cheat , knowing that you had hurt them , and would continue to hurt them until you died . |