Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] that [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 A buoyant Mr Clarke told reporters that no-one could doubt his commitment , and that of the leader John Smith , to the establishment of a Scottish parliament .
2 There are so many ways of physically producing attractive looking reports that one is almost spoilt for choice .
3 Not in the employer-employee sense , but as the man who was able to walk on stage , argue with the director and get his own way without having to have Noel Coward behind him before he would reinstate lines that someone else had cut .
4 The indictment added that Mr Buckley , 44 , of Prince Regent Street , Leith , had been severely injured in the blast and covered with debris and although Sutherland knew he was trapped , he had told rescuers that no-one was inside .
5 but I mean things that nobody else remembered obviously she remembers or even if she does n't remember she heard it talked of in her childhood
6 Its a mistake , I think , to confuse the gift relationship with mindless material indulgence , for it is only by being given things that anyone ever learns that they have a place in the world .
7 He had broken more bones in his body riding horses that anyone she knew , yet he lived for his hunting .
8 Even companies like M&S have to do it from time : warn customers that something they 've bought could be dangerous and needs to be returned , either for repairing or a cash refund .
9 Dr Losberne gave orders that plenty of beer should be served before the officers went up to see Oliver .
10 Film had always played an important part in the admiral 's career ( he had founded the Royal Naval Film Corporation ) , and rather than write his autobiography , he had recorded , with John Terraine as questioner , some seven hours of reflection on his life and personal relationships , and had left instructions that none of it was to be shown publicly until after his death .
11 So the first union issued instructions that none of their men would man , service or tow empty barges belonging to the company .
12 Perversely , a settlement which is seen as having been the subject of more bitter dispute may persuade voters that nothing was given away too lightly .
13 If that 's the case , I wonder just how many people write labels that no-one else can read .
14 JAMES CLEMENTS , a jovial rotund Englishman who runs the Sek Kong detention centre for Vietnamese boat people , could barely contain his satisfaction when telling reporters that nothing out of the ordinary happened when camp inmates heard news of the first deportations from Hong Kong .
15 Secondly , there can be considerable psychological discomfort in having to pretend to beliefs that one does not really hold , or perform actions that one would not normally want to do .
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