Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine the situation where employers are now obliged to notify employee members of that rise in contribution and also reminding them that they have the right to withdraw their authorization . |
| 2 | This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it . |
| 3 | My lungs suddenly come sharply through from behind my engaged brain , reminding me that I am not a fish . |
| 4 | Today is a lucky turning point in many aspects of your life for there 's so much opulent opportunity enveloping you that you ca n't fail to make a success of a personal plan or professional project . |
| 5 | ‘ I was always frightened of the way I felt , I think because I knew without really understanding it that you could … you could own me , Luke . |
| 6 | Letters are now being sent to their families in the United States , warning them that they face arrest upon return home . |
| 7 | In response to the CNAA 's complaint the DES agreed to circularize colleges warning them that they had to be prepared to satisfy CNAA requirements , and indicating that the DES would not be prepared to entertain new courses in excess of likely demand . |
| 8 | And all you 're doing is warning them that they will , the things will be there and we 'll make sure that if a emergency vehicle comes along erm |
| 9 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 10 | Seymour and Collins had diplomatic immunity ; he let them all depart back to London in their two cars fifteen minutes later , warning them that he would want Quinn , for whom there was no diplomatic status , available for the taking of lengthy statements in London . |
| 11 | If she caught me now in the front hall she would waste a good ten minutes warning me that I was risking tuberculosis and a gastric ulcer by being too late to eat a proper meal quietly , and probably throw in the chances of my poisoning a patient with the wrong drug before the night was out through carelessness induced by my own lack of blood-sugar . |
| 12 | But if you go ahead with your threat I 'm warning you that you 'll be finished . |
| 13 | Only when they actually got to know each other had he discovered that it was the idea of loving her that he had fallen for and not the girl herself . |
| 14 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 15 | Minton invited him to stay the night , warning him that there was only one bed which they would have to share . |
| 16 | " You 'll take some treacle tart , " she told Daniel , the set of her pugnacious jaw warning him that she was not asking a question so much as issuing a command . |
| 17 | Quickly she gave him a tip , also a message to be delivered to William Ash , warning him that she 'd be in contact with him as soon as she knew where Ace planned to base himself . |
| 18 | ‘ At a hundred feet , ’ he said , ‘ all you 're doing is warning him that you 're there . ’ |
| 19 | They were just little signs warning her that she had failed to keep Fenna the perfect secret that he had to be . |
| 20 | He had still not released her hair , and he guided her firmly towards the sofa and sat her down , sitting beside her but very close , as though warning her that she could n't escape if that was what she intended . |
| 21 | He was warning her that he was going to hunt her down … and then … and then … ? |
| 22 | It was true , she felt , for in the heat of the moment a voice was warning her that he was only moved by desire now because she had n't fallen at his feet when he had followed her to London . |
| 23 | It 's the thought of shampooing it that I ca n't be bothered about . |
| 24 | IF YOU have ever sent , or would like to send , a letter or postcard to the Soviet Union , take into consideration when addressing it that you must first write the country , then the city , then the street and only finally the name of the person . |
| 25 | Warning us all about this , so well I thought well if they warn us , something must be good here , if they 're warning us that it 's bad you know . |
| 26 | Even berries from adjacent bushes can taste quite different , with hints of grape , cherry , plum , and subtly varied textures , reminding you that there are 400 micro-species of bramble in Britain . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , if you 're tellin' me that our cellar leads out to the East River , then it follows that the East River leads to our cellar , and it could just happen that somebody would leave a door open somewhere , and we 'd have the whole of the East River down round our feet . ’ |
| 28 | It 's only by ignoring them that they make a real effort to survive . |
| 29 | The three individuals were all ‘ phoned by a sultry female voice informing them that their bid had been matched by another . |
| 30 | Our solicitors , therefore , wrote to the Department of the Environment informing them that we were considering seeking judicial review of the case . |