Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking a deep breath , he than walked slowly and sedately down one side of the lane , keeping to the shadows , praying that none of the neighbours would report a suspicious man creeping along the back of the houses . |
| 2 | Simply because Japan appears to be different we should guard against reversing the image by suggesting that none of the standard elements of Japanese work practices is present in the West , and that workplace conflict is rare in Japan . |
| 3 | She was almost choking with despair , seeing that none of this was making a whisker of difference . |
| 4 | ‘ I come from a great medical mafia , most of my relatives are medically involved one way or another , ’ she told David Frost yesterday , adding that none of her family have private health insurance . |
| 5 | It is perhaps reassuring that they at least recognised utter nonsense when they wrote it , if disappointing that this was essentially a confession of failure by a Ministry whose central function had been to coordinate energy policy . |
| 6 | it is worth noting that one in four of our employees have expressed their commitment by direct shareholding or as share option holders . ’ |
| 7 | The ANC described the moves as " window dressing " , noting that none of the generals named in allegations of police excesses and assassination squads were among those removed . |
| 8 | As I remember , I was even readier to advance in class the theories of , for instance , F. L. Lucas on the decline of the Romantic ideal , or E.M.Y. Tillyard on poetry direct and oblique , while suspecting that none of the other girls ( or perhaps even the teachers ) had read the books in question . |
| 9 | While stating that none of these were matters which could be ignored , they were not such as to outweigh the possible value to the children of a thorough and independent investigation of the case . |
| 10 | The URNG on Nov. 8 had called for an election boycott , stating that none of the candidates represented the interests of the majority of the population . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're saying that something about me niggles at you ? ’ |
| 12 | Just on that last point , it was suggested that we ought to be writing now , to these commissioners , saying that we as a parish council wanted to make comments to them when they were er in Nottinghamshire . |
| 13 | It is also possible that in some cases ‘ improved attitudes ’ is another way of saying that nothing of substance was achieved . |
| 14 | By saying that God ‘ transcends ’ the universe we are saying that none of the limitations that apply to finite life — such as being in a particular place — applies to God . |
| 15 | This of course is something I was aware of having witnessed a news conference with Miss Graf in mid-week , in which she very politely criticised her absent rivals saying that none of the top ranked players needed the vast amounts of money to be gained by playing in lucrative exhibition events . |
| 16 | Hong Kong officials were quoted as saying that none of the deportees , the first to be sent back since Patten 's arrival , had offered resistance . |
| 17 | Assuming that one in 10 were severe reactions — experience suggests the ratio would be much lower — that implies a total of 318 500 reactions , or two out of every three patients . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a great feeling , knowing that somebody outside our family and friends actually likes what we 're doing . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Dobson pledged to reduce coal imports in future , claiming that everyone in the industry in this country suffers because of it . |
| 20 | Sensing that something of the sort might be going through his mind , Lesley-Jane interposed , ‘ We were just talking about Micky 's death . ’ |
| 21 | In an attempt to provide concise information on this point I have gathered together details of all the surviving English harpsichords from the period 1700–1744 , judging that nothing outside this time span could be relevant to the Mercier picture . |
| 22 | I could not help thinking that something beside mere chance was at work here , showing me the way . |
| 23 | While stressing that nothing in the circular should be taken as condoning a wilful breach of planning law , there is a highly significant qualification : |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor . |
| 25 | And we 're also having a sponsored Tree Best , where we 're hoping that lots of children will come along dressed up as trees , and have raised at least £10 sponsorship each and we 're having performances on a rainforest theme , and a dancer who will be doing a dance for rainforest , and there 's some rainforest type music and things like that , and there 'll be prizes and certificates for the children who are trees , and there 'll be an exhibition that head office are launching . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know what a vestry is , children ? ’ asked a friend of mine , probably hoping that none of them did . |
| 27 | Nicholson looked towards him , hoping that none of the visitors noticed the look of apprehension on his face . |
| 28 | She had been so busy with her dress house in Rome , coping with her designer , planning for the future and ensuring that everyone in the business was kept happy — each of which seemed a full-time job in itself — that she had hardly had time to spare for her three children , let alone her mother . |
| 29 | In Mr. Pannick 's submission , section 9(4) of the Act of 1975 was intended to do no more than protect ‘ the Crown ’ from being required by a court to give evidence in proceedings in a foreign court by stipulating that none of its officers or servants can be so required . |
| 30 | Paul is declaring that none of the things we boast about , or trust in — intellect , upbringing , orthodoxy , good life , and so on — are vehicles of salvation . |