Example sentences of "of [v-ing] that [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during those months of waiting that she felt in her heart that her husband was once again seeing Camilla . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In this case , it is another way of saying that we wish to be governed neither by elected representatives nor by our own countrymen . |
| 4 | All of which is a roundabout way of saying that what matters in this world is asking the right questions , rather than knowing the right answers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The drawback is the cost of insisting that everyone goes for the same type of equipment . |
| 7 | So I was able to release these two successfully , and had the satisfaction of knowing that they approved of the site I 'd chosen . |
| 8 | This means that you have the peace of mind of knowing that whatever happens to general interest rates , your return will remain the same . |
| 9 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 10 | As it is there are thousands of girls like me , and at least we have the comfort of knowing that he belonged to no one , and can belong to no one . |
| 11 | Allied to , but different from , acknowledging the need securing commitment is a matter of ensuring that everyone connected with the operation is personally committed to maintaining standards . |
| 12 | The palaces of meaning that she built with Friend in the endless night inside her — what were they for ? |