Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 2 | ‘ I believe , ’ he said , ‘ that I can obtain you a position as reader in a publishing house in which I have a certain interest . |
| 3 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 4 | I insisted that I should pay her a rent of five shillings a week and also asked her , somewhat tentatively , if she felt able to come and have tea with my mother in Romford . |
| 5 | When we talked we agreed that I should send you a copy of the Resource Book for Teachers on CALL . |
| 6 | As little control as I have where you 're concerned , I 'm not such an animal that I 'd deny you a peaceful night when you 're so obviously in need of one . |
| 7 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 8 | I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified . |
| 9 | Do I know that she will give me a lift ? |
| 10 | Ianthe promised that she should make her a summer dress and with this managed to get rid of her . |
| 11 | She suddenly wished that she had Finn here so that she could tell him a few more home truths . |
| 12 | that you may make it a condition of the carport roof , that they would put four inches of topsoil and plant grass there . |
| 13 | The height of style The unique design of this foldable resin highchair means that you can set it a seven different height positions and it also doubles up as a low chair with removable tray . |
| 14 | ‘ Does that mean that you will give me a game ? ’ |
| 15 | It is , that you will sell me a copy of your book . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 17 | I never put the case for a timetable motion on the ground that we should make it a permanent feature of our parliamentary procedures . |
| 18 | What we do say is that we will give you an opportunity erm er if you like a platform for er for earning good money |
| 19 | We would be very pleased to meet you and feel sure that we can offer you an interesting and worthwhile programme . |
| 20 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 21 | But when he said so , hoping that they would find him a job away from the Zoo , they said instead that if he wanted he could work through the remaining years to his retirement as general helper and sweeper . |
| 22 | Cos that 's whatsername 's erm Kenny said that they might give you an injection . |
| 23 | He persuaded the Stationer 's Company that they should send him a copy of each book its members printed . |
| 24 | The advantage of ni-cads is that they will save you a lot of money if used correctly ; the disadvantage is that the initial purchase cost is high . |
| 25 | Although the buoyant Lewis camp have not given up hope of staging the Holyfield fight here , they estimate that it would cost them a massive £17.5m purse to do it . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 28 | The ones who really enjoy it play the sporting card for all it 's worth ; the others pray that it will render them a touch more human . |
| 29 | It is , however , equally true that Parliament can not stop Frenchmen smoking on the streets of Paris ( or , for that matter , Englishmen smoking on the streets of London ) and that it can make it a crime for a man not to turn into a woman . |
| 30 | The other thing about celebrity , of course , is that it can earn you a decent living — although usually only after years of struggle , as with most jobs . |